(SS) Morales v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

5 6 SAUL JAMES MORALES CASE NO.: 1:21-cv-01493-DAD-GSA

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT

v. EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE THE

ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD

KILOLO KIJAKAZI, acting Commissioner of Social Security, 11 Defendant.

14 The parties stipulate to a 14-day extension of time to July 14, 2022 for Defendant to file the 15 administrative record because the responsible individual is out of office. This is Defendant’s first 16 extension request for this deadline. 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 expeditious…