McKnight
McKnight v. Snopes Media Group, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DANIEL WILLIAM MCKNIGHT, Case No.: 24cv762-RBM (MSB)
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S EX
v. PARTE MOTION TO CONTINUE THE
EARLY NEUTRAL EVALUATION [ECF NO.
SNOPES MEDIA GROUP, INC., 10] Defendant. 16 17 On September 10, 2024, Plaintiff Daniel William McKnight (“Plaintiff”) filed an ex parte motion to continue the Early Neutral Evaluation (“ENE”) conference scheduled for September 13, 2024. (ECF No. 10 (“Motion”).) In it, Plaintiff explains that attending the ENE in person would be a great hardship since he received “an urgent assignment from the New York Post” that required him to be in Nashville, Tennessee for at least two more days from the date he filed his motion. (ECF No. 10-2 at 2.) He further explained that the assignment is a “significant opportunity . . . both professionally and financially, . . . [which he could not] simply abandon without repercussions to [his] career and 26 …