Ortiz

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOSE MIGUEL RIOS, Case No. 1:23-cv-01595-HBK (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S

MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME

v. (Doc. No. 37) ORTIZ, Defendant. 16 Pending before the court is Defendant’s Motion to Extend the Case Management Scheduling Order and accompanying Declaration of counsel, Michael R. Linden, filed in support on December 22, 2025. (Doc. Nos. 37, 38). Due to defense counsel suffering a medical emergency, Defendant requests extensions to certain deadlines set forth in the December 10, 2024 Case Management Scheduling Order (CMSO). Defendant explains that, after Plaintiff failed to appear for his deposition set on September 8, 2025, counsel was attempting to meet and confer with Plaintiff about his failure to appear before filing a motion to compel when he suffered a medical emergency. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16(b)(4) permits a court to modify a scheduling order for good cause shown and with the…