Macias

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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

Plaintiffs, ORDER DENYING EX PARTE APPLICATION

TO AMEND THE CASE SCHEDULE1

v. (Doc. 39) CITY OF DELANO, et al., Defendants.

The plaintiffs have filed an ex parte request to amend the case schedule related to their expert disclosure, made two months after the deadline for doing so. (Doc. 39) While asserting that the disclosure could not have been made until after the deposition of an incarcerated witness was completed, the experts completed their reports up to a week before the deposition was taken. Because the plaintiff fails to demonstrate good cause to amend the case schedule and seeks to amend a deadline that has long since passed, the motion is DENIED. A. Background On July 29, 2020, counsel filed a stipulation to amend the case schedule (Doc. 32). The Court denied the request because they failed to demonstrate good cause for the amendment and because it was filed just two days before the discovery…