Macias

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRANCO MACIAS, et al., Case No.: 1:18-CV-01634 - DAD - JLT

Plaintiffs, ORDER DENYING STIPULATION TO AMEND

THE CASE SCHEDULE

v. (Doc. 32) CITY OF DELANO, et al., Defendants.

Counsel for the parties have stipulated to amend the case schedule (Doc. 32). They assert only that the COVID-19 pandemic is occurring and “there is simply no way the parties can complete discovery and other requirements of this case under the current schedule.” Id. at 2. This is a conclusion, not a fact. Indeed, counsel have failed to provide any explanation why they have not completed discovery in this case.1 Not to minimize the impacts of this situation, but the pandemic alone does not explain the failure to complete non-expert discovery.2 23

25 1 In February, the parties reported that they only had depositions to take to complete non-expert discovery (Doc. 31 at 2). Counsel fail to explain the discovery they have completed since they filed the February status report, they fail to describe the…