Jones

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MATTHEW JONES, et al., Case No.: 3:19-cv-1226-L-AHG Plaintiffs,

v. ORDER GRANTING JOINT

MOTION FOR MODIFICATION OF

XAVIER BECERRA, in his official

DISCOVERY DEADLINES

capacity as Attorney General of the State 15 of California, et al., [ECF No. 76] 16 Defendants. 17 18 This matter comes before the Court on the parties’ Joint Motion for Modification of Discovery Deadlines in Light of Oral Argument in Interlocutory Appeal. ECF No. 76.1 Under Fed. R. Civ. P 16(b)(4), “[a] schedule may be modified only for good cause and with the judge’s consent.” “Good cause” is a non-rigorous standard that has been construed broadly across procedural and statutory contexts. Ahanchian v. Xenon Pictures, Inc., 624 F.3d 1253, 1259 (9th Cir. 2010). The good cause standard focuses on the diligence 25 26 1 Prior to filing the instant motion, the parties mistakenly refiled their previously granted January 29, 2021 motion for extension of the fact discovery deadline (ECF…