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Parties Involved:
Jody Diane Kimbrell
Plaintiff
Twitter Inc.
Defendant

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JODY DIANE KIMBRELL,

Plaintiff,

v.

TWITTER INC.,

Defendant.

Case No. 18-cv-04144-PJH 

ORDER RE ADMINISTRATIVE 

MOTION TO CONTINUE CMC

Re: Dkt. No. 23

On September 28, 2018, defendant Twitter Inc. filed its administrative motion to 

continue the Initial Case Management Conference and related deadlines. Plaintiff Jody 

Kimbrell timely opposed that motion on October 1, 2018. 

This court’s initial scheduling order, issued on July 11, 2018, set the Initial CMC for 

October 25, 2018. Dkt. 2. The same order requires the parties to meet and confer 

regarding discovery and ADR by October 4, 2018. Id. It also requires the parties to file 

their ADR certification by the same date. Id.

Defendant contends that these CMC-related deadlines should be continued until 

after the court rules on defendant’s motion to dismiss, which defendant anticipates filing 

on October 9, 2018. In one sense, defendant’s request is not unusual. This court 

frequently vacates initial CMCs and related deadlines until after it resolves any pending 

motions to dismiss. Here, however, there is no motion to dismiss pending. Defendant’s 

request is instead based on its “anticipated” motion to dismiss. For that reason, the court 

DENIES defendant’s motion without prejudice. 

In light of defendant’s deadline to answer occurring after the October 4, 2018 

deadline discussed above, the court CONTINUES the October 4, 2018 deadline to 

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October 11, 2018. If defendant files a motion to dismiss on or before October 9, 2018,

then the court will vacate the Initial CMC and all related deadlines pending resolution of 

that motion. 

There is also a second motion pending before this court: Plaintiff’s motion to 

compel. That motion, filed on September 26, 2018, seeks an order compelling defendant 

to comply with its meet and confer obligations, as set forth in this court’s July 11, 2018 

order. Specifically, plaintiff asserts that defendant failed to respond to plaintiff’s attempts 

to meet and confer prior to the October 4, 2018 deadline. Plaintiff’s motion is untimely. 

The October 4, 2018 deadline has not yet passed. Accordingly, the court takes plaintiff’s 

motion off calendar and VACATES the related briefing schedule until after the Initial CMC 

date and related deadlines are settled and, if appropriate, have passed.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 1, 2018

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PHYLLIS J. HAMILTON

United States District Judge

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