Durben
Durben v. State Farm General Insurance Company
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DONALD DURBEN and REBECCA No. 2:16-cv-00754-MCE-EFB
DURBEN,
12 Plaintiffs, MEMORANDUM AND ORDER v.
STATE FARM GENERAL
INSURANCE COMPANY and
BRENDA ERICKSEN,
16 Defendants. 17 Through the motion presently before the Court, Plaintiffs Donald and Rebecca Durben (“Plaintiffs”) seek to reopen discovery for six months and ask that the Court’s pretrial scheduling order be modified to that effect. ECF No. 32. For the reasons stated below, Plaintiffs’ Motion is DENIED.1 22 BACKGROUND 24 In February 2016, Plaintiffs commenced this action in Shasta County Superior Court against Defendant State Farm General Insurance Company (“Defendant”) and its 27 1 Because oral argument would not have been of material assistance, the Court ordered these matters submitted on the briefs. E.D. Cal. Local Rule 230(g). employee Brenda Ericksen, alleging various causes of action related to Defendant’s alleged mishandling of Plaintiffs’ insurance claim…