Pearson

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JAMES PEARSON, No. 2:20-cv-02335-MCE-KJN Plaintiff, v. ORDER KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITALS;

PERMANENTE MEDICAL GROUP,

INC.; and COMMONSPIRIT HEALTH, Defendants. 17 On November 22, 2021, this Court granted the parties’ stipulation to extend the fact discovery deadline to January 13, 2022. ECF No. 23. Subsequently, on December 7, 2021, the Court granted the parties’ second stipulation, this time ordering that the deadline to complete non-expert discovery is March 14, 2022. ECF No. 25. Presently before the Court is Plaintiff James Pearson’s (“Plaintiff”) ex parte Motion to Continue Fact Discovery Deadline, which seeks to extend the fact discovery deadline to fourteen (14) days from the date the Court grants the Motion. ECF No. 26. To date, Defendants have not opposed or otherwise responded to the present Motion. For the reasons set forth below, Plaintiff’s Motion is GRANTED. Generally, the Court is required…