Monroe

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 REBECCA MONROE, No. 2:22-cv-00587-DAD-KJN 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. SCHEDULING ORDER 14 DENIS MCDONOUGH, 15 Defendant. 16 17 Pursuant to Rule 16(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the court has reviewed the 18 parties’ joint scheduling conference statement (Doc. No. 20) and has determined that the court 19 need not “consult[] with the parties’ attorneys and any unrepresented parties at a scheduling 20 conference,” before issuing a scheduling order in this case. Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b)(1)(B). 21 Accordingly, the court vacates the initial scheduling conference set for December 20, 2022 and 22 hereby issues this scheduling order. 23 I. SERVICE OF PROCESS 24 The named defendant has been served as required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 5. 25 No further service is permitted without leave of court, good cause having been shown under 26 Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16(b). 27 ///// 28 ///// 1 II. JOINDER OF ADDITIONAL PARTIES / AMENDMENT OF PLEADINGS…