Carter

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 AKIVA A. ISRAEL, No. 2: 21-cv-1267 DAD KJN P Plaintiff, v. ORDER RUBY CARTER, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner, proceeding without counsel, with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Pending before the court is plaintiff’s second motion to postpone her deposition. (ECF No. 52.) Also pending is defendant’s motion to modify the scheduling order. (ECF No. 63.) For the reasons stated herein, plaintiff’s motion to postpone her deposition is denied, and defendant’s motion to modify the scheduling order is granted. Legal Standard to Modify Scheduling Order A scheduling order may be modified only upon a showing of good cause and by leave of court. Fed. R. Civ. P. 16; Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc., 975 F.2d 604, 609 (9th Cir.

1 On July 28, 2022, the undersigned granted plaintiff twenty-one days to file a reply to defendant’s opposition to her motion to postpone her…