Gonzalez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 FERNANDO GONZALEZ, Case No.: 3:25-cv-02131-LL-AHG Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

DENYING IN PART JOINT

v.

MOTION TO CONTINUE EARLY

WALMART SUPER CENTER 5023, NEUTRAL EVALUATION

CONFERENCE AND CASE

Defendant.

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

17 [ECF No. 7] 18 19 20 Before the Court is the parties’ Joint Motion to Continue the Early Neutral Evaluation (“ENE”) and Case Management Conference (“CMC”) currently set for January 14, 2026. ECF No. 7. Parties seeking to continue an ENE must demonstrate good cause. FED. R. CIV. P. 6(b) (“When an act may or must be done within a specified time, the court may, for good cause, extend the time”); see Chmb.R. at 2 (stating that any request for continuance requires “[a] showing of good cause for the request”); ECF No. 3 at 6 (same). Courts have broad discretion in determining whether there is good cause. See, e.g., Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc., 975…