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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

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ROBERT C. WILLIAMS,

Plaintiff,

v.

RUBEN CASANOVA, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:17-cv-00917-JLT (PC)

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ 

MOTION TO MODIFY DISCOVERY

AND SCHEDULING ORDER

(Doc. 48)

Dispositive Motion Deadline: 2/14/2020

Defendants move to modify the Court’s discovery and scheduling order (Doc. 47) to 

extend the dispositive motion deadline by 7 days. (Doc. 48.) The current deadline is February 7, 

2020. (Doc. 47.) This is Defendants’ third motion to extend the dispositive motion deadline. The 

Court granted Defendants a 9-day extension on January 30, 2020. (Id.) Defense counsel declares 

that the additional time is required for the defendant agency, the Department of State Hospitals 

(DSH), to review and approve Defendants’ motion for summary judgment, and the supporting 

declarations. (Doc. 48 at 4.) Counsel states that, due to her “lack of experience in representing 

DSH,” she did not know the agency’s time requirements; had she known, she would have 

requested an extension longer than the 9 days she requested in her prior motion. (See id.; Doc. 

46.)

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Good cause appearing, the Court GRANTS Defendants’ motion (Doc. 48). The Court 

modifies the discovery and scheduling order to set February 14, 2020, as the new deadline for 

filing pretrial dispositive motions. All other deadlines remain in effect. This is the Court’s final 

extension of time of the pretrial dispositive motion deadline.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 7, 2020 /s/ Jennifer L. Thurston 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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