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Nature of Suit Code: 380
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Property Damage
Cause of Action: 28:1333 Admiralty

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Although the stipulation states the parties have not completed discovery as to the

Second Amended Counterclaim, the requested extension is not limited to discovery

relevant only to that pleading.

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BAYDELTA MARITIME INC.,

Plaintiff,

 v.

HAL ELTZROTH,

Defendant 

HAL ELTZROTH,

Counterclaimant

 v.

BAYDELTA MARITIME, INC., et al.,

Counter-Defendants

 /

No. C-06-1114 MMC

ORDER DENYING WITHOUT

PREJUDICE STIPULATION TO EXTEND

DISCOVERY DEADLINE

The Court is in receipt of the parties’ stipulation, filed November 1, 2006, in which

the parties jointly seek an order extending the December 1, 2006 non-expert discovery

deadline to February 1, 2007.1

A pretrial order “shall not be modified except upon a showing of good cause.” See

Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b). Here, the only cause identified by the parties is their unspecified

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difficulty in scheduling depositions of sailors. The parties do not indicate why an extension

of two months is necessary to resolve any such problems. Of equal importance, the

parties’ stipulation does not address the matter of how the requested extension will impact

the scheduled January 26, 2007 expert discovery cut-off and other pretrial dates.

Accordingly, the parties’ stipulation is hereby DENIED, without prejudice.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 3, 2006 

MAXINE M. CHESNEY

United States District Judge

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