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Parties Involved:
Credit Bureau Connection, Inc.
Defendant
Sung Gon Kang
Plaintiff

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SUNG GON KANG,

Plaintiff,

v.

CREDIT BUREAU CONNECTION, INC.,

Defendant.

Case No. 1:18-cv-01359-AWI-SKO

ORDER GRANTING THIRD MOTION 

FOR EXTENSION OF CASE 

MANAGEMENT SCHEDULE

(Doc. 52)

This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff Sung Gong Kang’s “Third Motion for Extension 

of Case Management Schedule,” filed January 24, 2020, seeking to enlarge the class certification 

discovery deadline and related case management deadlines by 60 days in order to permit resolution 

of the (apparently ongoing) discovery dispute between the parties relating to the production of 

electronically stored information by Defendant Credit Bureau Connection, Inc. (Doc. 52.) 

By order issued November 21, 2019, the Court enlarged the case schedule by 60 days, noting 

that “the parties’ discovery efforts have resulted in discovery disputes that required resolution by 

both the undersigned and the assigned district judge.” (Doc. 49.) The parties engaged in another 

telephonic discovery dispute conference on December 19, 2019, in which the Court deferred ruling 

on the issue of whether the discovery sought was “not reasonably accessible because of undue 

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burden or cost” until after the deposition of Defendant’s Chief Technology Officer. (Doc. 51.) The 

Court ordered the parties to meet and confer as to Defendant’s production of electronically stored 

information following the deposition and, if they were unable to agree, invited Defendant to “file a 

motion for a protective order under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(2)(B) and Local Rule 

251.” (See Doc. 51.)

The deposition occurred on January 15, 2020, and the parties thereafter met and conferred 

about their discovery dispute. (See Doc. 52 at 9; Doc. 54 at 10–12.) Apparently, the parties were 

unable to reach a resolution, and on January 24, 2020, Plaintiff filed the present motion for 

enlargement of the case schedule. (Doc. 52.) Given that the deadline for class certification 

discovery (January 21) had passed and other deadlines were impending, the Court vacated the 

hearing on the motion ordered Defendant to file an opposition, or statement of non-opposition, by 

February 3, 2020. (Doc. 53.) Defendant filed its opposition on February 4, 2020. (Doc. 54.)

After reviewing the parties’ submissions, the Court finds that Plaintiff was diligent in filing 

his motion for enlargement of time once the need for an extension, i.e., the parties’ inability to 

resolve informally their ongoing discovery dispute, became apparent. The Court further finds

sufficient good cause under Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b)(4) to warrant granting the motion and enlarging

the case deadlines so that Defendant may file, and the Court may decide, Defendant’s motion for a 

protective order (which is not presently before the Court).

Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED that Defendant shall file its motion for a protective 

order pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(2)(B) and Local Rule 251 by no later than 

February 14, 2020.

Is it further ORDERED that the motion (Doc. 52) is GRANTED and the case schedule (Doc. 

49) is ENLARGED as follows:

1. Class certification discovery shall be completed by no later than May 6, 2020.

2. The motion for class certification shall be filed by no later than June 3, 2020.

3. Any opposition to the motion for class certification shall be filed by no later than July 

1, 2020.

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4. Any reply brief in support of the motion for class certification shall be filed by no later 

than July 15, 2020.

5. The motion for class certification shall be heard on August 3, 2020, at 1:30 p.m., in 

Courtroom 2 before the Honorable Anthony W. Ishii, Senior United States District 

Judge.

6. A status conference to set further scheduling dates is set for October 1, 2020, at 9:30

a.m. in Courtroom 7 before United States Magistrate Judge Sheila K. Oberto. 

Telephonic appearances are approved; all parties appearing telephonically shall call 

(888) 557-8511, access code 6208204# at the date and time for the conference. By no 

later than September 24, 2020, the parties shall file and email to 

skoorders@caed.uscourts.gov in MS Word format a report providing (a) dates agreed 

to by all counsel for all remaining deadlines and (b) an updated status of the case.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 7, 2020 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto .

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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