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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE 8 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 10 CURTIS RAY YOUNG, Case No.: 2:24-cv-03283-DJC-JDP 11 Plaintiff, 12 v. SCHEDULING ORDER 13 MERCEDES-BENZ USA LLC, 14 Defendant. 15 16 I. SERVICE OF PROCESS 17 The named defendant has been served as required by Federal Rule of Civil 18 Procedure 5. No further service is permitted without leave of the Court, good cause 19 having been shown under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16(b). 20 II. JOINDER OF ADDITIONAL PARTIES / AMENDMENT OF PLEADINGS 21 No further joinder of parties or amendments to pleadings is permitted without 22 leave of the Court, good cause having been shown. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b); Johnson 23 v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc., 975 F.2d 27 604 (9th Cir. 1992). 24 III. JURISDICTION AND VENUE 25 Plaintiff questions whether this court has subject matter jurisdiction over this action 26 under Section 1332 et seq. of the U.S. Code; whereas Defendant believes that 27 complete diversity exists amongst the parties. Plaintiff requests that the Court sua 28 sponte…