(PC) Haggerty v. Lynch

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LEE E. HAGGERTY, No. 2:21-cv-01248-DJC-AC 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 JEFF LYNCH, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Pending before the Court is Defendants’ request for an extension to file their pretrial statement until fourteen days after Plaintiff submits his pretrial statement. (ECF No. 59). Pursuant to the Scheduling Order issued on October 3, 2024, Plaintiff was ordered to file and serve a pretrial statement on or before March 20, 2025, and Defendants were ordered to file their pretrial statement on or before April 3, 2025. (ECF No. 54.) However, as of the date of this Order, Plaintiff has not filed his pretrial statement. The district court has broad discretion in supervising the pretrial phase of litigation. Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc., 975 F.2d 604, 607 (9th Cir. 1992) (citation omitted). Under Rule 16(b), “[a] schedule may be modified only for good cause and with the judge’s consent.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b)(4). “The schedule may be …