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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1983 Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

VICENTE BENAVIDES FIGUEROA,

Plaintiff,

 v.

KERN COUNTY, et al.

Defendants.

Case No. 1:19-cv-00558-ADA-CDB

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT 

COUNTY OF KERN’S APPLICATION FOR 

DETERMINATION OF GOOD CAUSE IN 

SUPPORT OF STIPULATION TO MODIFY 

THE SCHEDULING ORDER

(Doc. 92)

On April 29, 2019, Plaintiff Vicente Benavides Figueroa (“Plaintiff”) initiated this action 

with the filing of his complaint. (Doc. 1). “Thereafter, the parties embarked on an arduous 

discovery journey in this complex matter.” (Doc. 92 at 2). On May 12, 2023, the parties filed a 

stipulation for order extending by three months all discovery deadlines due to difficulties 

completing interrogatories, depositions, and Defendants’ then-recent discovery of a box full of 

old cassette tapes related to this matter that the parties represented were potentially discoverable 

and for which they required additional time to review, transcribe, and produce. (Doc. 90 at 2-4).

On May 16, 2023, the Court granted in part and denied in part the stipulated request to 

modify the discovery schedule. (Doc. 91). The Court found the parties did not demonstrate that 

good cause existed for the requested extension of case management dates. Id. The Court 

extended the date to complete non-expert discovery to May 26, 2023, for the limited purpose for 

Defendant County of Kern to respond to Plaintiff’s interrogatory requests and to permit the 

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parties time to complete a continued deposition of one of Defendant County of Kern’s 

deponents. Id.

Pending before the Court is Defendant County of Kern’s application for determination of 

good cause in support of stipulation to modify the scheduling order. (Doc. 92). Defendant

represents the aforementioned deponent was unable to be deposed on May 26, 2023, but that 

Defendant since has identified an alternative deponent. Id. at 2. Further, Defendant provides in 

the renewed request for discovery extensions additional information regarding the late discovery 

of the cassette tapes. Id. at 2-4. Defendant also supplemented its application with a supporting 

declaration (Doc. 94) that further expounds upon the discovery implications of the recently 

discovered cassette tapes, as well as the efforts Defendant has undertaken to preliminarily review 

and process the contents of the tapes. Thereafter, on June 19, 2023, counsel for Plaintiff filed a 

declaration in which he represents that the balance of equities “strongly supports” granting the 

requested discovery extensions. (Doc. 95).

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In light of the parties’ representations in the motion (Doc. 92), the declarations (Docs. 94-

95), and for good cause shown, it is HEREBY ORDERED that the scheduling order is amended 

as follows: 

 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 20, 2023 ___________________ _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

Non-expert discovery August 15, 2023

Expert disclosure September 14, 2023

Rebuttal disclosure October 12, 2023

Expert Discovery Cut-Off October 31, 2023

Filing of non-dispositive

motions

October 12, 2023

Hearing of non-dispositive 

motions 

November 23, 2023

Filing of dispositive motions November 22, 2023

Hearing of dispositive 

motions

January 8, 2024

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