Lambert
Lambert v. Southwest Airlines Co.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MAE LAMBERT, Case No.: 3:19-cv-01718-DMS-AHG Plaintiff,
AMENDED SCHEDULING
v. ORDER REGULATING
DISCOVERY AND OTHER PRE-
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO., et al.,
TRIAL PROCEEDINGS
Defendants. [ECF No. 21] 16 17 This matter comes before the Court pursuant to the parties’ Joint Motion to Amend 18 the Scheduling Order. ECF No. 21. 19 Under Fed. R. Civ. P 16(b)(4), “[a] schedule may be modified only for good cause 20 and with the judge’s consent.” “Good cause” is a non-rigorous standard that has been 21 construed broadly across procedural and statutory contexts. Ahanchian v. Xenon Pictures, 22 Inc., 624 F.3d 1253, 1259 (9th Cir. 2010). The good cause standard focuses on the diligence 23 of the party seeking to amend the scheduling order and the reasons for seeking 24 modification. Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc., 975 F.2d 604, 609 (9th Cir. 1992). 25 “[T]he court may modify the schedule on a showing of good cause if it cannot…