(SS) Howard v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

5 6 MINA HOWARD, CASE NO.: 1:21-cv-00340-GSA

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT

v. EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE

RESPONSE BRIEF

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

14 The parties stipulate to a 30-day extension of time from July 7, 2022 to August 8, 2022 for 15 Defendant to file a response brief due to counsel’s workload. This is Defendant’s first extension. 16 When considering whether good cause exists to modify a scheduling order, courts consider 17 the foreseeability of the impediment to meeting the deadline and the party’s diligence in seeking 18 the extension once it became apparent they could not meet the deadline. See Sharp v. Covenant 19 Care LLC, 288 F.R.D. 465, 467 (S.D. Cal. 2012); Ordaz Gonzalez v. Cty. of Fresno, No. 1:18-CV- 20 01558-BAM, 2020 WL 2539287, at *2 (E.D. Cal. May 19, 2020). The Court has the inherent 21 power to manage its own docket to achieve an orderly and expeditious resolution of cases. Southern 22 California Edison Co. v. Lynch,…