Morton
Morton v. Trinity Services Group, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
BRIDGETTE MORTON, Case No.: 1:19-CV-01549 DAD JLT
Plaintiffs, ORDER DENYING STIPULATION TO AMEND
THE CASE SCHEDULE
v. (Doc. 19) TRINITY SERVICES GROUP, INC., et al.,
Defendants. 16 The parties have stipulated to amend the case schedule. They say only that they agree to amend the schedule, that the COVID-19 pandemic has caused delays in conducting discovery1, that they have discovered a need for additional discovery, and they would like to explore participating in mediation. (Doc. 19 at 2) The stipulation is DENIED. Once entered by the court, a scheduling order “controls the course of the action unless the court modifies it.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(d). According to Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b)(3), a case schedule may be modified only for good cause and only with the judge’s consent. Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b). In Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc., 975 F.2d 604, 610 (9th Cir. 1992), the Court explained, . . . Rule 16(b)’s “good cause” standard primarily concerns the…