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Nature of Suit Code: 791
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Cause of Action: 29:1104 Recovery of Benefits to Employee

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF ASSOCIATED

GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF

AMERICA, SAN DIEGO CHAPTER, INC.

RETIREMENT TRUST FUND,

Plaintiff,

v.

WAYNE A. VOTOLATO, an individual;

DONNA JOHNSON, an individual; and

PACIFIC BACKHOE WORKS, INC., a

California corporation,

Defendants. 

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Civil No. 07cv1283 WQH (NLS)

ORDER DENYING JOINT MOTION

TO AMEND SCHEDULING ORDER

REGULATING DISCOVERY AND

OTHER PRE-TRIAL PROCEEDINGS

[Doc. No. 52] 

Before the Court is the parties’ Joint Motion to Amend Scheduling Order Regulating Discovery

and Other Pre-Trial Proceedings, filed February 2, 2009. [Doc. No. 52.] For the reasons set forth

below, the request to amend the scheduling order is DENIED.

On June 2, 2008, the Court convened an Early Neutral Evaluation Conference. [Doc. No. 44.] 

Because the case did not settle, on June 3, 2008, the Court entered an order setting a Case Management

Conference (“CMC”) pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16(b) and required the parties to

lodge a joint discovery plan with the Court in advance of the July 18, 2008 CMC. [Doc. No. 45.] After

consulting with the attorneys of record for the parties, the Court issued a “Scheduling Order Regulating

Discovery and Other Pre-Trial Proceedings” (“Scheduling Order”). [Doc. No. 47.] The present motion

to amend the scheduling order to continue all pertinent dates by approximately ninety (90) days was

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filed just seven days before the discovery deadline in this case—February 9, 2009. Moreover, the only

reason given for the requested continuance of previous court-ordered deadlines is “for the purpose of

exploring settlement.” [Doc. No. 52 at 1.] The Court observes a settlement conference is already

scheduled on this Court’s calendar for March 25, 2009 at 2:00 p.m.

The parties have not demonstrated diligence in complying with dates previously set by the Court,

and have not demonstrated “good cause” for modifying the scheduling order, as required by Fed. R. Civ.

P. 16(b). Zivkovic v. S. California Edison Co., 302 F.3d 1080, 1087 (9th Cir. 2002); see, e.g., Johnson

v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc., 975 F.2d 604, 607-08 (9th Cir. 1992); Worldtech Sys., Inc. v. Integrated

Network Solutions, Inc., 2008 WL 4145440 at *1-2 (E.D. Cal. Sep. 3, 2008).

Therefore, the Joint Motion to Amend the Scheduling Order is DENIED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: February 4, 2009

Hon. Nita L. Stormes

U.S. Magistrate Judge

United States District Court

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