(PS) Maloney v. Allstate Indemnity Co.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL MALONEY, No. 2:20–cv–2523–MCE–KJN PS Plaintiff, ORDER RE: EXTENSION OF TIME v. (ECF No. 8.) ALLSTATE INDEMNITY CO., Defendant. 16 The court is in receipt of plaintiff’s motion for extension of time. (ECF No. 8.) However, plaintiff does not specify for what matter he needs more time. There are no pending dispositive motions, and the only upcoming deadlines deal with scheduling of the case. (See ECF No. 2, the order setting status conference, at ¶¶ 3-5.) Given that plaintiff is incarcerated, and given that defendants have just recently requested permission to confer with plaintiff other than in person, the court will extend the deadline for the parties to confer over their Rule 26 mandatory disclosures. (See Id. at ¶ 3.) The parties shall have until February 28, 2021, to complete this process, and the court will include a copy of Rule 26 with this order. The parties are obligated to file a joint…