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Nature of Suit Code: 290
Nature of Suit: Other Real Property Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-(Citizenship)

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Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

STACIE LONAKER, an individual; and 

MYRIAM LONAKER, an individual,

Plaintiffs,

v.

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., a 

business entity; and DOES 1 through 50, 

inclusive,

Defendants.

Case No. 5:14-cv-00152 HRL

INTERIM ORDER RE PLAINTIFF’S 

REQUEST FOR A CONTINUANCE

Plaintiff requests permission to file a motion to compel discovery that was the subject of 

Discovery Dispute Joint Report No. 1, as well as an extension of time to brief defendant’s pending 

summary judgment motion. The court already issued an order compelling the discovery in 

question (Dkt. 38), and plaintiff’s instant request is more properly construed as a Fed. R. Civ. P. 

56(d) request for a continuance. Having reviewed plaintiff’s request, the court requires further 

information from the parties:

“A party requesting a continuance pursuant to Rule 56(f) [now 56(d)] must identify by 

affidavit the specific facts that further discovery would reveal, and explain why those facts would 

preclude summary judgment.” Tatum v. City & Cnty. of San Francisco, 441 F.3d 1090, 1100 (9th 

Cir. 2006). Plaintiff’s counsel has submitted a declaration stating only that the subject discovery 

is relevant to plaintiff’s claims. Plaintiff has not identified specific facts that the discovery would

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reveal or explained why that information would create a genuine issue of material fact with respect 

to defendant’s pending summary judgment motion.

At the same time, however, this court did issue an order compelling defendant to produce

supplemental discovery responses and documents by December 19, 2014; and, plaintiff is now 

claiming that was not done. The record presented indicates that while some further information 

was produced on December 17, defense counsel also advised that he was waiting for additional 

documents and would produce them once they were received. Plaintiff says documents responsive 

to Request Nos. 19 and 24-28 have not been produced.

No later than noon on January 9, 2015, the parties shall submit the following:

Plaintiff shall file declaration(s) from appropriate person(s) identifying the specific facts 

that this further discovery would reveal and explaining why those facts would preclude summary 

judgment.

Defendant shall file declaration(s) from appropriate person(s) (1) identifying what 

discovery (if any) remains to be produced; (2) identifying the date when that discovery will be 

produced (assuming it has not already been provided); and (3) explaining why the discovery 

apparently was not produced by December 19 (as defendant agreed to do and as subsequently 

ordered by the court).

SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 7, 2015

______________________________________

HOWARD R. LLOYD

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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5:14-cv-00152-HRL Notice has been electronically mailed to:

David A. Owens owensd2@bryancave.com, melissa.honkanen@bryancave.com

Eunji Cho mellenlaw@yahoo.com

Jessica Ryan Galletta mellenlaw@yahoo.com

Matthew David Mellen mellenlaw@yahoo.com

Tina Laxmi Naicker naickert@bryancave.com, andersone@bryancave.com

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