Anastassiou
(PC) Morales v. Anastassiou
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RALPH MORALES, No. 2:20-cv-0704 KJN P Plaintiff, v. ORDER AND REVISED DISCOVERY AND
SCHEDULING ORDER
DR. PETER ANASTASSIOU, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner, proceeding through counsel. On September 24, 2021, counsel for defendant Dr. Anastassiou filed a stipulation to modify the scheduling order. (ECF No. 43.) Counsel for defendant Dr. Anastassiou claims she mistakenly believed that declining the jurisdiction of the undersigned somehow vacated the discovery and scheduling order. Despite opposing counsel’s mistaken belief, counsel for plaintiff stipulated to modify the discovery and scheduling order. “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…