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Parties Involved:
C. Gonzales
Defendant
Timothy Howard
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TIMOTHY HOWARD,

Plaintiff,

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C. GONZALES, 

 Defendant.

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1:12cv00487 LJO DLB PC

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S EX 

PARTE APPLICATION TO EXTEND THE 

DISPOSITIVE MOTION DEADLINE

(Document 58)

Plaintiff Timothy Howard (“Plaintiff”), a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma 

pauperis, filed this civil rights action filed on March 30, 2012. 

On December 10, 2014, the Court issued Findings and Recommendations to grant 

Defendant’s motion for summary judgment based on exhaustion in part. The time for filing 

objections has not yet passed.

Pursuant to the May 23, 2014, Discovery and Scheduling Order, the dispositive motion 

deadline is December 19, 2014.

On December 11, 2014, Defendant filed an ex parte request to extend the dispositive 

motion deadline to a date after the Court issues a final ruling on the motion for summary 

judgment.

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DISCUSSION

A scheduling order “may be modified only for good cause,” and by leave of court. Fed. 

R. Civ. P. 16(b)(4). The Court has broad discretion to control the course of litigation under Fed. 

R. Civ. P. 16. Hunt v. Cnty. of Orange, 672 F.3d 606, 616 (9th Cir. 2012).

Here, the Court finds good cause to extend the dispositive motion deadline. Defendant’s 

motion for summary judgment based on exhaustion was filed on August 21, 2014. However, 

because of the large number of prisoner cases pending before the Court, the Court was not able 

to issue Findings and Recommendations until December 10, 2014. During the time that the 

motion was pending, the time period for filing a dispositive motion continued to run.

Accordingly, Defendant’s motion is GRANTED. The Court will set a date for filing 

dispositive motions after the final ruling on the motion for summary judgment based on 

exhaustion. Albino v. Baca, 747 F.3d 1162 (9th Cir. 2014). 

This order does not extend any other deadlines. Discovery closed on October 20, 2014.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 13, 2014 /s/ Dennis L. Beck 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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