Filed: Apr. 13, 2016
Latest Update: Apr. 13, 2016
Summary: JOINT STIPULATION TO CONTINUE NON-EXPERT DISCOVERY AND NON-DISPOSITIVE MOTIONS DEADLINES; ORDER ERICA P. GROSJEAN , Magistrate Judge . Plaintiff Felipe S. Quinones ("Plaintiff") and Defendant Megan J. Brennan, Postmaster General ("Defendant"), ("collectively "the parties"), stipulate, by and through the undersigned counsel, to extend the non-expert discovery and non-dispositive motions deadlines. The dates for filing dispositive motions, the pre-trial conference, and the trial date are not
Summary: JOINT STIPULATION TO CONTINUE NON-EXPERT DISCOVERY AND NON-DISPOSITIVE MOTIONS DEADLINES; ORDER ERICA P. GROSJEAN , Magistrate Judge . Plaintiff Felipe S. Quinones ("Plaintiff") and Defendant Megan J. Brennan, Postmaster General ("Defendant"), ("collectively "the parties"), stipulate, by and through the undersigned counsel, to extend the non-expert discovery and non-dispositive motions deadlines. The dates for filing dispositive motions, the pre-trial conference, and the trial date are not a..
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JOINT STIPULATION TO CONTINUE NON-EXPERT DISCOVERY AND NON-DISPOSITIVE MOTIONS DEADLINES; ORDER
ERICA P. GROSJEAN, Magistrate Judge.
Plaintiff Felipe S. Quinones ("Plaintiff") and Defendant Megan J. Brennan, Postmaster General ("Defendant"), ("collectively "the parties"), stipulate, by and through the undersigned counsel, to extend the non-expert discovery and non-dispositive motions deadlines. The dates for filing dispositive motions, the pre-trial conference, and the trial date are not affected by this stipulation.
This action arises from Plaintiff's challenge to his removal from the position of a part time flexible clerk in the Lindsay Post Office alleging religious discrimination. Defendant disputes Plaintiff's claims because it would be an undue hardship on the operations of the Lindsay Post Office to allow Plaintiff to have every Saturday off as there is only one other part time clerk to perform those duties on Saturdays.
After engaging in extensive discovery including exchanging over 19,000 pages of documents and taking fifteen depositions, the parties agree to a short extension of the date by which to complete non-expert discovery in this case from April 11, 2016 to May 9, 2016, and a brief extension of the non-dispositive motions deadline from April 25, 2016 to May 23, 2016. The parties submit that this request is being made for good cause as the parties are scheduled for mediation with Honorable Enrique Romero on April 19, 2016. This brief extension of the discovery and non-dispositive motions deadlines will allow the parties to focus on a resolution before incurring additional fees and costs.
In an effort to continue the good faith efforts by the parties to resolve this case and conserve the parties and judicial resources until absolutely necessary, the parties stipulate and agree to continue the following dates, and base it on the above-stated good cause.
Old Date New Date
Close of Non Expert Discovery April 11, 2016 May 9, 2016
Non-Dispositive Motions April 25, 2016 May 23, 2016
ORDER
Having reviewed the stipulation submitted by the parties, and for good cause showing, the above mentioned dates are continued as follows:
Non-expert discovery cutoff: May 9, 2016
Non-dispositive motion deadline: May 9, 2016
All other deadlines in this case remain as set forth in the Order Adopting the Parties' the Stipulation to Continue Pre-Trial and Trial Dates (ECF No. 52).
IT IS SO ORDERED.
