Jones
Jones v. Becerra
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
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
SCHEDULING ORDER
capacity as Attorney General of the State 15 of California, et al.,
16 Defendants. [ECF No. 81] 17 18 This matter comes before the Court on the parties’ Joint Motion for Modification of Scheduling Order. ECF No. 81. 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 of the party seeking to amend the scheduling order and the reasons for seeking modification. Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc., 975 F.2d 604, 609 (9th Cir. 1992). “[T]he court may modify the schedule on a…