Scheurer
Scheurer v. United States
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SUSAN C. SCHEURER and MARK M. Case No.: 21cv1053-LL(RBB)
ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFFS’
Plaintiffs, MOTION TO REOPEN FACT v. DISCOVERY PURSUANT TO FED. R. 14 CIV. P. 6(b)(1)(B) [ECF NO. 17]
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
15 Defendant. 16 17 Presently before the Court is Plaintiffs’ Motion to Reopen Fact Discovery Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(b)(1)(B) [ECF No. 17]. The motion, filed on October 3, 2022, seeks an order extending the fact discovery deadline for a period of ninety days to permit Plaintiffs to take depositions of ten Navy doctors who treated Plaintiff Susan C. Scheurer. (Id. at 1.) For the reasons set forth below, Plaintiffs’ Motion is DENIED. I. BACKGROUND Plaintiffs initiated this lawsuit on June 3, 2021 [ECF No. 1]. On August 24, 2021, Plaintiffs’ counsel, David L. Bruckart, filed a Pro Hac Vice Application to allow him to appear in this Court and participate in the litigation…