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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 VENCIL GREEN, Case No. 2:19-cv-01324 JAM KJN P 12 Plaintiff, [PROPOSED] ORDER AND REVISED SCHEDULING ORDER v. 14 J. LINK, Defendant. 17 Plaintiff is a state prisoner, proceeding without counsel. Defendant has again moved to extend the discovery and pretrial motions deadlines. Because plaintiff’s housing unit was placed on COVID-19 quarantine, defendant was unable to take plaintiff’s deposition as originally noticed, but counsel was granted the first available date post-quarantine, February 15, 2021, which falls beyond the current discovery deadline. “The district court is given broad discretion in supervising the pretrial phase of litigation.” Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc., 975 F.2d 604, 607 (9th Cir. 1992) (citation and internal quotation marks omitted). Rule 16(b) provides that “[a] schedule may be modified only for good cause and with the judge’s consent.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b)(4). “The schedule may be…