Boyer

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 THOMAS BOYER, No. 2:24-cv-01866-DJC-AC 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER

NOVO NORDISK INC.,

15 Defendant. 16 Plaintiff Thomas Boyer has sued Defendant Novo Nordisk, alleging discrimination, whistleblower retaliation, and wrongful termination. Fact discovery closed on May 15, 2025. (See ECF No. 40.) Plaintiff has now filed a Motion to Reopen Discovery and Compel Production. (ECF No. 43.) Therein, Plaintiff argues that based on a contract that Defendants disclosed after the discovery cutoff, the Court should reopen fact discovery and permit Plaintiff to conduct additional depositions and compel production of certain documents. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16(b) states that the court must issue a scheduling order that limits “the time to join other parties, amend the pleadings,

1 The briefing on the Motion is filed in the form of a Joint Statement of Discovery Disagreement. While this is not typical for a motion to reopen discovery, the parties’…