(PC) Parker v. N. West

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MELVIN PARKER, No. 2:22-cv-2015 CSK P Plaintiff, v. ORDER N. WEST, Defendant. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se. Pending before the court is defendant’s motion to modify the scheduling order and to reopen discovery filed September 16, 2024. (ECF No. 59). For the following reasons, defendant’s motion is granted. Governing Standards The court will modify dates set forth in a scheduling order only upon a showing of good cause by the moving party. Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b); Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc., 975 F.2d 604, 608 (9th Cir. 1992). The “good cause” standard also applies to requests to reopen discovery. See Sheridan v. Reinke, 611 F. App’x 381, 384 (9th Cir. 2015) (applying Johnson “good cause” requirement to motion to reopen discovery); Yeager v. Yeager, 2009 WL 1159175, at *2 (E.D. Cal. Apr. 29, 2009) (a party must show “good cause” to reopen discovery). The primary factor…