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Parties Involved:
DG Strategic VII, LLC
Defendant
Ignacio Garcia
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IGNACIO GARCIA,

Plaintiff,

v.

DG STRATEGIC VII, LLC,

Defendant.

Case No. 1:23-cv-01514-JLT-CDB

ORDER ON STIPULATION CONTINUING

CASE MANAGEMENT DEADLINES

AS MODIFIED

(Doc. 19) 

Background

On July 28, 2023, Plaintiff Ignacio Garcia (“Plaintiff”) initiated this action with the filing 

of a complaint in Kern County Superior Court against Defendant DG Strategic VII, LLC 

(“Defendant”) alleging thirteen separate claims arising from Plaintiff’s employment with 

Defendant and his termination. (Doc. 1). Defendant removed the action to this Court on October 

23, 2023. (Id.).

A scheduling order for this matter issued on January 24, 2024. (Doc. 10). Among other 

things, the scheduling order set the deadline to file dispositive motions for December 20, 2024.

At the parties’ joint request, on June 27, 2024, the Court set a settlement conference for 

September 24, 2024, before the undersigned. (Docs. 12, 13). Upon agreement of the parties, the 

settlement conference was reset to January 14, 2025, before the undersigned. (Docs. 17, 18).

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Stipulated Request to Continue Case Management Deadlines

Pending before the Court is the parties’ stipulation to continue case management 

deadlines due to the upcoming settlement conference set for January 14, 2025.1 (Doc. 19). The 

parties represent that it is in the best interests of the parties and the Court to conserve resources 

that might be spent on dispositive motions—with an upcoming filing deadline on December 20, 

2024—to be directed towards a possible settlement at the upcoming settlement conference. (Id.

at 2). The parties believe that an approximately three-month continuance of the deadline for 

filing dispositive motions, the trial date, and related deadlines will allow the parties to focus on 

resolving this case at the upcoming settlement conference “while preserving the [p]arties’ 

respective rights to file dispositive motions in the event a settlement is [not] reached.” (Id.). The 

parties represent there have been no previous continuances to the dispositive motion filing 

deadline or the trial date. (Id.).

The Court agrees under the circumstances that economy of resources warrants a brief 

continuance of the deadline to file dispositive motions. However, the parties fail to demonstrate

with any specificity why a three-month extension of the motion filing deadline is necessary or 

warranted. Instead, to permit the parties sufficient time to complete preparation of any 

dispositive motions, the Court will extend the filing deadline by 21 days following the settlement 

conference.

Conclusion and Order

Accordingly, for good cause appearing as set forth above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, 

the scheduling order (Doc. 10) is modified only as set forth below:

1. Dispositive motion filing deadline: February 4, 2025.

2. Dispositive motion hearing date: March 18, 2025.

3. Pretrial conference: May 13, 2025.

4. Trial date: July 8, 2025.

1 The parties misdate the rescheduled settlement conference for January 24, 2025, throughout the 

instant stipulated request. However, according to the minute order the undersigned issued on 

October 1, 2024, the settlement conference is reset to January 14, 2025, at 10:00 AM in Bakersfield 

before the undersigned. (Doc. 18).

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The parties are reminded of their obligation that at least 21 days before the settlement 

conference, Plaintiff shall submit to Defendant via fax or email, a written itemization of damages 

and a meaningful settlement demand which includes a brief explanation of why such a settlement 

is appropriate. Thereafter, no later than 14 days before the settlement conference, Defendant 

shall respond, via fax or e-mail, with an acceptance of the offer or with a meaningful counteroffer 

which includes a brief explanation of why such a settlement is appropriate. If settlement is not 

achieved, each party shall attach copies of their settlement offers to their Confidential Settlement 

Conference Statement (described further in the Scheduling Order and Order Setting Settlement 

Conference). (See Doc. 10 at 6-7; Doc. 13 at 2).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 11, 2024 ___________________ _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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