Banga

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9

NAVJEET SINGH BANGA,

10 Case No. 16-cv-04270-RS Plaintiff, 11 v. ORDER DENYING ADMINISTRATIVE 12 MOTION CHRIS GUS KANIOS, et al., 13 Defendants. 14

15 The parties dispute whether Plaintiff Navjeet Banga timely accepted Defendants’ Offer of 16 Judgment under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 68. Banga and Defendants agree Defendants 17 issued the Rule 68 offer on December 19, 2023. The offer had to remain open for a minimum of 18 14 days, until January 2, 2024. See Kubiak v. County of Ravalli, 32 F.4th 1182, 1190 (9th Cir. 19 2022). Under Rule 68(b), “[a]n unaccepted offer is considered withdrawn, but it does not preclude 20 a later offer.” Fed R. Civ. P. 68(b). Banga (it is undisputed) did not accept the Rule 68 offer by 21 January 2nd. However, the parties also agree Defendants told Banga they would extend the period 22 within which he could accept the offer to January 5th. Banga failed to sign the agreement by this 23 date. Defendants gave…