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Parties Involved:
College of Health & Human Services, San Francisco State University
Defendant
Julia Powell Keller-McIntyre
Plaintiff

Document Text:

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JULIA POWELL KELLER-MCINTYRE,

Plaintiff,

v.

COLLEGE OF HEALTH & HUMAN

SERVICES, SAN FRANCISCO STATE

UNIVERSITY,

Defendant.

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No. C-06-3209 MMC (EMC)

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S

REQUEST FOR ORDER TO ANSWER

DISCOVERY REQUESTS

(Docket No. 106)

Plaintiff Julia Powell Keller-McIntyre has filed a motion asking that discovery be extended

until December 1, 2006, so that the College can respond to certain written discovery propounded by

Ms. Keller-McIntyre. The Court hereby DENIES the request for an extension.

The discovery cut-off in this case was October 20, 2006. Under the Civil Local Rules, “a

‘discovery cut-off’ is the date by which all responses to written discovery are due and by which all

depositions must be concluded.” Civ. L.R. 26-2 (emphasis added). According to Ms. KellerMcIntyre, she served the written discovery on the College on October 10, 2006. Under the Federal

Rules of Civil Procedure, the responses to the discovery requests would not be due until thirty days

later -- i.e., until November 9, 2006, which is past the discovery cut-off date. Thus, contrary to Ms.

Keller-McIntyre’s statement, the discovery was not timely, and the College was under no obligation

to respond. 

The only question for the Court is whether it should permit an extension of the discovery

deadline so that Ms. Keller-McIntyre can obtain responses to the written discovery she served. As

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the Court noted in a previous order, under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16(b), a scheduling order

may be modified only upon a showing of good cause and by leave of the Court. See Fed. R. Civ. P.

16(b). 

The Court finds that Ms. Keller-McIntyre has failed to establish good cause. First, Ms.

Keller-McIntyre has failed to provide any explanation as to why she could not complete the

discovery sought within the discovery period. Ms. Keller-McIntyre does not claim, for instance, that

the discovery was precipitated by information that she learned of only recently. Second, although

Ms. Keller-McIntyre asserts that the discovery is vital, there is nothing to support this assertion. Ms.

Keller-McIntyre did not even provide copies of the written discovery to the Court -- this in spite of

the fact that, in a prior order, the Court specifically stated that, “[i]f the dispute concerns written

discovery . . . , then the party seeking relief should provide to the Court a copy of the discovery

requests,” Order of 10/17/06, at 2 -- so that the Court could make an assessment as to how vital the

discovery actually is. Moreover, the only prejudice claimed by Ms. Keller-McIntyre is that getting

her questions answered at trial “would take up a great deal of time.” Ms. Keller-McIntyre does not

argue that she would not have a fair opportunity to present her case without answers to the

discovery.

Accordingly, Ms. Keller-McIntyre’s request for an extension is denied.

This order disposes of Docket No. 106.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 2, 2006

_________________________ EDWARD M. CHEN

United States Magistrate Judge

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JULIA POWELL KELLER-MCINTYRE,

Plaintiff,

v.

COLLEGE OF HEALTH & HUMAN

SERVICES, SAN FRANCISCO STATE

UNIVERSITY,

Defendant.

______________________________/

No. C-06-3209 MMC (EMC)

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the U.S. District Court, Northern

District of California. On the below date, I served a true and correct copy of the attached, by placing

said copy/copies in a postage-paid envelope addressed to the person(s) listed below, by depositing

said envelope in the U.S. Mail; or by placing said copy/copies into an inter-office delivery

receptacle located in the Office of the Clerk.

Julia Powell Keller-McIntyre

P.O. Box 320662

San Francisco, CA 94132

415/314-4204 (cell)

415/405-3943 (work)

ALL OTHER COUNSEL/PARTIES TO

RECEIVE ORDER VIA ELECTRONIC

FILING

Dated: November 2, 2006 RICHARD W. WIEKING, CLERK

By: /s/ 

Leni Doyle

Deputy Clerk

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