AI CA LLC v. CrediautoUSA Financial Company LLC
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 AI CA LLC, Case No.: 3:20-cv-2352-MMA-AHG
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING JOINT
v. MOTION TO EXTEND THE FACT
DISCOVERY DEADLINE
CREDIAUTOUSA FINANCIAL
COMPANY LLC, et al., 15 Defendants. [ECF No. 23] 16 Before the Court is the parties’ Status Report and Joint Motion to extend the fact discovery deadline. ECF No. 23. The parties seek a four-week extension of the fact discovery cut-off to allow them to complete depositions. Id. 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…