LaLonde
LaLonde v. C R Bard Incorporated
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 JUDY ANN LALONDE, Case No. 1:19-cv-01516-DAD-BAM Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING JOINT MOTION TO
STAY DISCOVERY AND ALL PRETRIAL
v. DEADLINES WITHOUT PREJUDICE C R BARD INCORPORATED, et al., (Doc. No. 31) Defendants. 12 Currently before the Court is the parties’ Joint Motion to Stay Discovery and All Pretrial Deadlines. (Doc. No. 31.) According to the joint motion, the parties have scheduled a mediation on August 15 and 16 and seek a “stay” of the case through August 17, 2020, and to continue all remaining deadlines set forth in the Scheduling Order by fifty (50) days. (Id.) The joint motion is therefore construed as a request to modify the Scheduling Order in this case pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16(b)(4). A scheduling order may be modified only for good cause. Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b)(4). Settlement discussions, in and of themselves, are not good cause to modify a scheduling order. See Gerawan Farming, Inc. v.…