CJ Solutions Group, Inc. v. Travelers Property Casualty Company of America

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CJ SOLUTIONS GROUP, INC., Case No.: 19-CV-863-W-WVG

Plaintiff,

ORDER ON JOINT MOTION TO

v. EXTEND FACT DISCOVERY CUT-

OFF

TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY

COMPANY OF AMERICA,

15 Defendant.

17 On December 4, 2019, the Parties filed a Joint Motion for Extension of Time to 18 Complete Discovery. (Doc. No. 8.) As a threshold matter, Rule IV (E) of this Court’s 19 Civil Chambers Rules required the Parties to jointly inform Chambers of their discovery 20 request and participate in a conference with the Court before initiating any motion 21 practice. The Parties did not do so. Nevertheless, the Court declines to reject the Motion 22 and instead DENIES it without prejudice for lack of good cause. 23 The Parties’ request to modify the Court’s August 19, 2019 Discovery and Pre- 24 Trial Scheduling Order (Doc. No. 5) requires a showing of good cause. Fed. R. Civ. P. 25 16(b). The law makes clear that, absent this showing, a party’s request to amend an 26 operative scheduling order…