Roberts

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Willie Roberts and Carla Sutton, No. 1:21-cv-00725-KJM-CDB Plaintiffs, ORDER v. County of Kern, et al., 1S Defendants. 16 Defendants seek an extension of time to file motions in limine, relying on Local Rule 233. ECF No. 58. That rule creates a procedure for handling “[ml]iscellaneous administrative matters” 19 and offers examples to illustrate the motions that fit this description: “motions to exceed 20 applicable page limitations; requests to shorten time on a motion; requests to extend a response deadline; requests to alter a briefing schedule; or requests to alter a discovery schedule that does 22 not affect dispositive motion filing dates, trial dates, or the final pre-trial conference.” E.D. Cal. L.R. 233. Plaintiffs argue a request to extend a deadline for filing motions in limine is not such 24 an “administrative” matter. See Opp’n at 2-3, ECF No. 60. The court disagrees. Defendants’ 25 request…