Vaughn

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SHARIFFE VAUGHN, Case No.: 18cv2098-JAH-MDD

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING EX PARTE

v. APPLICATION TO MODIFY

SCHEDULING ORDER

A. PARKER, Correctional Officer,

Defendant. [ECF No. 58] 16 On September 26, 2019, Defendant A. Parker moved for a sixty-day continuance of the September 30, 2019 expert discovery cut-off date for the limited purpose of deposing each party’s experts in this matter. (ECF No. 58). Plaintiff does not oppose the motion. (See Docket). A scheduling order “may be modified only for good cause and with the judge’s consent.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b)(4). The “good cause” standard “primarily considers the diligence of the party seeking amendment.” Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc., 975 F.2d 604, 609 (9th Cir. 1992). Defendant contends good cause exists to extend the deadline because the parties could “evaluate the need and/or scope of costly expert depositions, motion for…