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Parties Involved:
M. Baires
Defendant
James E. Bryant
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRESNO DIVISION

JAMES E. BRYANT, Civil No. 1:08cv01165-MJL(PCL)

Plaintiff, ORDER MODIFYING BRIEFING

SCHEDULE REGARDING CROSSMOTION FOR SUMMARY

JUDGMENT AND REFERRING

MATTER TO THE MAGISTRATE

JUDGE FOR DECISION 

vs.

M. BAIRES,

Defendant .

On February 22, 2010 Defendant filed a Motion to Modify Scheduling Order (“Motion”).

Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16(b)(4), Defendant requests to continue the motion cutoff date (including the due date for his cross-motion for summary judgment), discovery dates, the

Mandatory Settlement Conference and the Final Pretrial Conference because of the difficulties he

has encountered in the discovery process.

In the January 5, 2010 Order, this court set March 1, 2010 as the due date for Defendant’s

cross-motion for summary judgment, as well as due dates for the opposition and reply papers related

to the cross-motion. Based on the representations in Defendant’s Motion, the due dates pertaining to

the cross-motion for summary judgment are hereby VACATED. Defendant shall file a motion for

summary judgment, if any, no later than the motion cut-off date to be determined by Magistrate

Judge Peter C. Lewis. In light of the delay, the court will not wait to address Plaintiff’s pending

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fully briefed summary judgment motion. It will be considered independently of any summary

judgment motion Defendant may file in the future.

Defendant’s requests are non-dispositive discovery and other pretrial case management

matters. Accordingly, the Motion is REFERRED to Magistrate Judge Peter C. Lewis for decision

pursuant to the February 11, 2010 order of this court and 28 U.S.C. Section 636(b)(1)(A). 

Based on the foregoing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED as follows:

1. The briefing schedule on Defendant’s cross-motion for summary judgment set forth in the

January 5, 2010 order of this court are hereby VACATED. 

2. Plaintiff’s pending summary judgment motion will be considered independently of any

summary judgment Defendant may file in the future.

3. Defendant’s Motion is REFERRED to Magistrate Judge Peter C. Lewis for decision.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: March 3, 2010

M. James Lorenz

United States District Court Judge

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