Ansolabehere

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MELANIE ANSOLABEHERE, ) Case No.: 1:19-cv-01017 NONE JLT ) Plaintiff, ) ORDER DENYING STIPULATION TO AMEND

v. ) THE CASE SCHEDULE ) DOLLAR GENERAL CORP., et al., ) (Doc. 17) ) Defendants. ) 16 The parties have stipulated to amend the case schedule. Their only bases for the amendment is the COVID-19 pandemic and because the plaintiff’s treatment is ongoing (Doc. 17). This is insufficient. 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 diligence of the party seeking the amendment. The district court may modify the pretrial…