Sanchez Silva v. United States of America

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 JUAN JOSE SANCHEZ SILVA, Case No.: 3:21-cv-00589-WQH-AHG Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING

JOINT MOTION TO EXTEND

v.

EXPERT DISCOVERY DEADLINE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, [ECF No. 31] Defendant. 17 18 Before the Court is the parties’ joint motion to amend the scheduling order. ECF No. 31. The parties seek an order from the Court extending the expert discovery deadline by approximately 35 days. Id. Parties seeking to continue deadlines in the scheduling order must demonstrate good cause. FED. R. CIV. P. 16(b)(4) (“A schedule may be modified only for good cause and with the judge’s consent”); ECF No. 30 at 5 (Scheduling Order, stating that “[t]he dates set forth herein will not be modified except for good cause shown”); see also Chmb.R. at 2 (stating that any request for continuance requires “[a] showing of good cause for the request”). “Good cause” is a non-rigorous standard that has been construed broadly across procedural and…