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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Employment Discrimination

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

NISHI DAYAL,

Plaintiff,

v.

COUNTY OF KERN, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:24-cv-00039-JLT-CDB

ORDER GRANTING PARTIES’ 

STIPULATED REQUEST TO EXTEND 

DEADLINES

(Doc. 28)

ORDER REQUIRING PARTIES TO FILE 

JOINT DISCOVERY MANAGEMENT

REPORT

14-DAY DEADLINE

Background

Pending before the Court is the parties’ joint stipulated request (Doc. 28) to extend the 

discovery deadlines provided for in the scheduling order (Doc. 24). 

In support of the request, the parties state that Plaintiff’s medical records, needed to support 

her damages, are voluminous and the relevant medical providers have delayed producing them. 

Thus, the records have not been produced to Defendant. The parties further represent that subpoenas 

for these records will accompany Plaintiff’s executed HIPAA release. The parties separately state 

that they are exchanging documents related to Defendants’ initial disclosures, have exchanged 

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written discovery, and due to the status of written discovery, they have been unable to conduct 

depositions. Id. at 2.

Plaintiff anticipates deposing all four individual Defendants and at least three non-party 

witnesses and issuing deposition and business record subpoenas to non-party witnesses after 

reviewing written discovery. The parties seek additional time to adequately determine necessary 

experts after review of voluminous documents. Id.

The parties propose the following extended deadlines (id. at 3):

Non-Expert Discovery: February 10, 2025

Expert Discovery: April 11, 2025

Expert Disclosure: February 24, 2025

Rebuttal Expert Disclosure: March 10, 2025

Non-Dispositive Motion Deadlines

Filing: April 25, 2025

Hearing: May 30, 2025

Dispositive Motion Deadlines

Filing: June 13, 2025

Hearing: July 29, 2025

For good cause shown, the parties’ stipulated request to extend deadlines (Doc. 28) will be 

granted. Because the parties’ requested relief renders it unreasonable to maintain the pretrial 

conference and trial dates, those dates will be vacated. Further, the parties are referred to the 

operative scheduling order: “Stipulations extending the deadlines contained herein will not be 

considered unless they are accompanied by affidavits or declarations, and where appropriate 

attached exhibits, which establish good cause for granting the relief requested.” (Doc. 24 at 9). No 

such affidavits or declarations accompanied the instant filing. The parties are directed to comply 

with the scheduling order in connection with any future requests for relief. Any future stipulated 

requests for extensions of case management dates unaccompanied by attorney declarations will be 

denied.

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To ensure compliance with the Court’s earlier reminder to the parties of “their obligation to 

diligently pursue and timely complete discovery within the scheduled case management dates” (see

Doc. 27), the Court will require the parties to meet/confer and file a joint discovery management 

report documenting diligent discovery management efforts.

Conclusion and Order

For the reasons set forth above, it is HEREBY ORDERED:

1. The operative scheduling order (Doc. 24) is amended to the following extent, all other 

provisions remain unchanged:

Non-Expert Discovery: February 10, 2025

Expert Discovery: April 11, 2025

Expert Disclosure: February 24, 2025

Rebuttal Expert Disclosure: March 10, 2025

Non-Dispositive Motion Deadlines

Filing: April 25, 2025

Hearing: May 30, 2025

Dispositive Motion Deadlines

Filing: June 13, 2025

Hearing: July 29, 2025

2. The pretrial conference set for August 11, 2025, and jury trial set to commence on October

7, 2025, before District Judge Jennifer L. Thurston, are VACATED.

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3. Within 14 days of entry of this order, the parties SHALL FILE a discovery management 

report documenting: (1) meet and confer efforts between counsel and all anticipated 

deponents regarding their availability to appear for depositions, (2) a preliminary schedule 

for the anticipated noticing of depositions for all witnesses, and (3) identification of the nonparty witnesses to which Plaintiff anticipates “issuing business record subpoenas” (Doc. 28 

at 2, lines 21-22) and a timeline for issuance of those subpoenas.

Failure to timely comply with this order may result in the imposition of sanctions.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 7, 2024 ___________________ _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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