Jones

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ----oo0oo---- 11 SCARLETT ANN JONES, an No. 2:22-cv-01574 WBS JDP individual, 13 Plaintiff, ORDER RE: DEFENDANTS’ MOTION v. TO MODIFY SCHEDULING ORDER

CITY OF VALLEJO, VALLEJO POLICE

DEPARTMENT, DETECTIVE MURPHY, and DOES 1 through 20, 17 Defendants.

----oo0oo---- Defendants move to modify the scheduling order. (Docket No. 31.) Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16(b), “[a] schedule may be modified only for good cause and with the judge’s consent.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b)(4). “Unlike Rule 15(a)’s liberal amendment policy which focuses on the bad faith of the party seeking to interpose an amendment and the prejudice to the opposing party, Rule 16(b)’s ‘good cause’ standard 27 The motion is decided on the papers without oral argument pursuant to Local Rule 230(g). primarily considers the diligence of the party seeking the amendment.” Johnson v. Mammoth…