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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RAUL ENRIQUE RAMIREZ,

Plaintiff,

v.

B. FLEMING, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2:14-cv-1937 KJM CKD P

ORDER

Plaintiff has filed a motion asking that discovery be reopened. Discovery closed on June 

9, 2016. Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 6(b)(1)(B), the court may, for good cause, extend 

a deadline after it has passed if the party seeking an extension demonstrates that they failed to act 

before expiration of the deadline because of excusable neglect. Plaintiff fails to show his delay in 

seeking an extension of the discovery deadline is due to excusable neglect.

The initial scheduling order in this case set March 11, 2016 as the discovery cutoff date. 

ECF No. 45. Thereafter the plaintiff requested a ninety day extension of time to complete 

discovery, and the discovery cutoff was extended until June 9, 2016. ECF Nos. 47 and 49. 

Plaintiff complains that the defendants failed to respond to his discovery requests, but he failed to 

raise that issue until after the discovery cutoff date. ECF Nos. 51 and 52. Plaintiff’s explanation 

that he failed to act because he was busy litigating his other case does not constitute good cause 

for reopening discovery in this case.

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff’s motion to reopen discovery 

(ECF No. 55) is denied. 

Dated: September 15, 2016

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CAROLYN K. DELANEY

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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