(SS) Gilbert v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

5 6 KATHRYN JANE GILBERT, CASE NUMBER: 1:20-cv-00873-GSA

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF

v. EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE

OPENING BRIEF

KILOLO KIJAKAZI, acting Commissioner of Social Security,

Defendant.

14 The parties stipulate to a 50-day extension of time from February 16, 2022 to April 7, 2022 15 for Plaintiff to file an opening brief due to counsel’s workload given the increased number of 16 Certified Administrative Records filed in previously stayed cases as well as co-counsel’s absence 17 caring for her ill father. This is Plaintiff’s first motion for an extension for cause. 18 The Scheduling Order allows for a single extension of thirty days by the stipulation of the 19 parties. Doc. 7 at 3. Beyond the single extension by stipulation, “requests to modify [the 20 scheduling] order must be made by written motion and will be granted only for good cause.” Id. 21 When considering whether good cause exists to modify a scheduling order, courts consider 22 the foreseeability of the impediment to…