Phillips

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 PATRICK PHILLIPS, Case No.: 3:24-cv-00136-BEN-AHG Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING JOINT MOTION

TO CONTINUE SETTLEMENT

v.

DISPOSITION CONFERENCE

MERCEDES-BENZ USA, LLC, et al.,

Defendants. [ECF No. 10] 16 This matter comes before the Court on the parties’ Joint Motion to Continue Settlement Disposition Conference. ECF No. 10. In the Joint Motion, the parties represent that Defendant Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (“MBUSA”) sent the settlement agreement to Plaintiff on March 28, 2024, the same day the parties filed their Notice of Settlement. Id. at 2. However, Plaintiff has yet to sign the settlement agreement. Id. MBUSA requires at least 45 days after the settlement agreement is signed to fulfill the settlement terms. 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…