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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOHN NEAL, Case No.: 20-CV-296-H-WVG

Plaintiff,

ORDER ON JOINT MOTION TO

v. AMEND SCHEDULING ORDER AUDIO VISUAL INNOVATIONS, INC.; and DOES 1 through 50, inclusive, 15 Defendants. 16 17 18 On December 21, 2020, the Parties filed a Joint Motion to Amend Scheduling Order (“Joint Motion” or “Motion”). (Doc. No. 28.) The Parties move the Court to continue the December 31, 2020 fact discovery cut-off as set forth in the Court’s April 15, 2020 Scheduling Order (Doc. No. 12) to allow Plaintiff sufficient time to depose Defendant’s Rule 30(b)(6) witness(es). Having considered the basis of the Parties’ request, the Court GRANTS the Joint Motion and explains below. At all times, Rule 16(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure requires a movant to establish good cause upon seeking modification of the scheduling order. Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b). This good cause standard is primarily informed by the movant’s …