(SS) Barner v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

5 6 CLINTON JOSEPH BARNER, CASE NO.: 1:21-cv-00264-BKA-GSA

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF

v. EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE

MOTION FOR SUMMARY

KILOLO KIJAKAZI, acting JUDGMENT Commissioner of Social Security,

Defendant.

14 The parties stipulate to a 60-day extension of time from March 21, 2022 to May 20, 2022 15 for Plaintiff to file a motion for summary judgment due to counsel’s obligation caring for her ill 16 father. This is Plaintiff’s first extension. 17 When considering whether good cause exists to modify a scheduling order, courts consider 18 the foreseeability of the impediment to meeting the deadline and the party’s diligence in seeking 19 the extension once it became apparent they could not meet the deadline. See Sharp v. Covenant 20 Care LLC, 288 F.R.D. 465, 467 (S.D. Cal. 2012); Ordaz Gonzalez v. Cty. of Fresno, No. 1:18-CV- 21 01558-BAM, 2020 WL 2539287, at *2 (E.D. Cal. May 19, 2020). The Court has the inherent 22 power to manage its own docket to achieve an orderly and…