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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DAVID C. RIVERS,

Plaintiff, No. CIV S-04-2524 GEB EFB P

vs.

E. ROSZCO, et al.,

Defendants. ORDER

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Plaintiff is a prisoner without counsel suing for alleged civil rights violations. See 42

U.S.C. § 1983. Defendants, through counsel, have filed a request for an extension of time to file

and serve a motion for summary judgment. Counsel asserts that his workload makes it

impossible to file a motion by the date set in the November 19, 2007, order amending the

December 18, 2006, scheduling order. The court construes the request as one to modify the

amended schedule.

A schedule may be modified upon a showing of good cause. Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b). Good

cause exists when the moving party demonstrates he cannot meet the deadline despite exercising

due diligence. Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc., 975 F.2d 604, 609 (9th Cir. 1992). 

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Pursuant to the November 19, 2007, order, dispositive motions must be filed no later than

January 16, 2008. As noted above, counsel lists various tasks completed in November and

December as well as remaining obligations on his calendar, and asserts that he cannot possibly

file and serve a dispositive motion before March 31, 2008. The application notes that discovery

is complete, implying readiness to prepare a motion. However, the application does not address 

diligence in attempting to comply with the order to file a dispositive motion no later than January

16, 2008 nor otherwise demonstrate that the issues involved in this case warrant an extraordinary

amount of time to address in a summary judgment motion. 

Accordingly, the application is granted in part, and denied in part. The January 16, 2008,

deadline is hereby enlarged by thirty days. Defendants’ dispositive motions, if any, shall be filed

and served by February 11, 2008.

So ordered. 

Dated: January 10, 2008.

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