Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc. v. Global Aerospace, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc., No. 2:17-cv-01515-KJM-AC Plaintiff, ORDER v. Global Aerospace, Inc., et al., 1S Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc. (“Aerojet”) moves, under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16, to amend the scheduling order to reopen limited discovery on its bad faith insurance claim against defendant Global Aerospace, Inc. (“Global”). Having considered the 20 parties’ positions, relevant legal authority, and the record in this case, the court grants Aerojet’s motion. 22 I. BACKGROUND Because prior orders have thoroughly explained the history of this insurance dispute, see, 24 e.g., Mot. Strike Order, ECF No. 231, the court only summarizes relevant details here. Plaintiff Aerojet supplied rocket engines to non-party Orbital Sciences Corporation (“Orbital”). See Second Am. Compl. (“SAC”) § 36, ECF No. 149. Two malfunctions followed. First, on…