Gaynor
Gaynor v. Slade
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DON GAYNOR; NANCY GAYNOR, Case No.: 21cv777-GPC (NLS)
Plaintiffs,
ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS’
v. EX PARTE MOTION TO MODIFY
SCHEDULING ORDER
CHAD SLADE; LINDA McCRAKEN;
and DOES 1 through 30, inclusive, [ECF No. 26] Defendants.
17 Before the Court is Defendants’ ex parte motion to modify the scheduling order. 18 ECF No. 26. Plaintiffs filed an opposition to the motion. ECF No. 27. After due 19 consideration and for the reasons stated below, the Court DENIES the motion. 20 In the instant motion, Defendants seek to extend the expert discovery disclosure 21 dates by approximately two months due to their counsel’s failure to calendar the dates. 22 ECF No. 26 at 5. Specifically, Defendants seek to extend the date to exchange opening 23 expert reports (April 8, 2022), exchange rebuttal expert reports (April 29, 2022), and 24 complete expert discovery (May 30, 2022). Defendants’ counsel states that he discovered 25 the failure to…