Carter

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

EPICENTRX, INC., Case No.: 20cv1058-JO (MSB)

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING EPICENTRX’S

v. EX PARTE APPLICATION TO

FURTHER AMEND THE

COREY A. CARTER, M.D.,

SCHEDULING ORDER

Defendant. [ECF No. 136]

17 Currently before this Court is Plaintiff’s “Ex Parte Application Pursuant to Fed. R. 18 Civ. Proc. 16(b)(4) and Civil Chambers Rule III(C) to Further Amend the Scheduling Order 19 to Continue Discovery Cutoff Date by 90 Days.” ECF No. 136. Plaintiff seeks to extend 20 the February 25, 2022 fact discovery deadline to May 25, 2022. Id. at 3. Defendant did not 21 file a response or objection. For the below reasons, the Ex Parte Application is

GRANTED.

23 “The district court has wide discretion in controlling discovery.” Little v. City of 24 Seattle, 863 F.2d 681, 685 (9th Cir. 1988). The court is required to issue a scheduling order 25 that “must limit the time to join other parties, amend the pleadings, complete…