Heard
Heard v. Walmart Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
CRYSTAL ANN HEARD, Case No.: 1:19-cv-01626 NONE JLT
Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING STIPULATION TO AMEND
THE CASE SCHEDULE
v. (Doc. 17) WALMART INC.,
Defendant.
About 75 days ago, the parties reported that, though they had done some written discovery, that had conducted no depositions because they were hoping that the COVID-19 pandemic would pass so they could conduct them in person (Doc. 15). At that time, they contemplated taking two depositions. Id. at 2. They reported also that they were thinking about talking about settlement and plaintiff’s counsel would like to extend the case deadlines 90 days to allow them to do this. Id. In response the Court ordered, “The parties are urged to consider that in-person depositions may not be feasible for quite some time and to investigate alternatives because we may be faced with a new standard for discovery practices into the foreseeable future. Though the Court will accommodate COVID-19 related delays to some extent, still,…