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Nature of Suit Code: 446
Nature of Suit: Americans with Disabilities Act - Other
Cause of Action: 42:12101 Americans with Disabilities Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOSE ESCOBEDO,

Plaintiff,

v.

CLOVIS TIRE & WHEEL DEALERS INC., 

et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:23-cv-01170-SAB

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO 

CONTINUE MANDATORY SCHEDULING 

CONFERENCE AND EXTENDING 

DEADLINE TO COMPLETE SERVICE 

(ECF Nos. 4, 5) 

Plaintiff filed this action on August 4, 2023. An initial scheduling conference is currently 

set for November 16, 2023. (ECF No. 4.) 

On October 26, 2023, Plaintiff filed a motion to continue the scheduling conference, and 

requesting the deadline to complete service be extended. (ECF No. 5.) Specifically, Plaintiff 

proffers that Plaintiff has diligently pursued completing service; that Plaintiff has been unable to 

complete service on Defendant Asim Ali; and that Plaintiff has completed substitute service on 

Defendant Clovis Tire & Wheel Dealers, Inc., but is additionally attempting service in another 

manner out of an abundance of caution to ensure service and notice is sufficient. Plaintiff 

requests the scheduling conference be continued to a date on or after January 15, 2023, and that 

the deadline to complete service be extended until December 15, 2023. 

Rule 4(m) provides that: “If a defendant is not served within 90 days after the complaint 

is filed, the court—on motion or on its own after notice to the plaintiff—must dismiss the action 

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without prejudice against that defendant or order that service be made within a specified time.”

Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(m). “But if the plaintiff shows good cause for the failure, the court must extend 

the time for service for an appropriate period.” Id. Here, the Court finds good cause to extend 

the deadline to effectuate service, and finds good cause to grant the request to continue the 

mandatory scheduling conference to accommodate the extension. Fed. R. Civ. P 4(m); Fed. R. 

Civ. P. 16(b). 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff’s motion to continue the scheduling conference and for an extension of 

time to complete service (ECF No. 5) is GRANTED; 

2. The deadline for Plaintiff to complete service on Defendants is extended to 

December 15, 2023; 

3. The scheduling conference currently set for November 16, 2023, is CONTINUED 

to January 24, 2024, at 11:30 a.m. in Courtroom 9; and

4. The parties shall file a joint scheduling report seven (7) days prior to the 

scheduling conference. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 26, 2023 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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