Nozot

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 DAVID NOZOT, Case No.: 24cv1171-DMS(LR)

12 Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING JOINT

13 v. MOTION TO CONTINUE [ECF NO. 19] 14 WAL-MART ASSOCIATES, INC., et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 18 On January 24, 2025, the parties filed a “Joint Moton to Continue the Dates Set in 19 the Court’s Scheduling Order.” (ECF No. 19.) The parties seek to continue the deadline 20 to complete fact discovery by approximately twenty-one days from January 24, 2025, 21 until February 14, 2025. (ECF No. 19-1 at 2–4.) In support, the parties state that they 22 require additional time to complete previously-noticed witness depositions. (Id. at 3.) 23 A scheduling order “may be modified only for good cause and with the judge’s 24 consent.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b)(4). This good cause standard “primarily considers the 25 diligence of the party seeking the amendment. The district court may modify the pretrial 26 schedule if it cannot reasonably be met despite the…