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BROWN v. SAGIREDDY, 2:14-cv-0338 JAM AC P. (2017)

Court: District Court, E.D. California Number: infdco20170720711 Visitors: 2
Filed: Jul. 18, 2017
Latest Update: Jul. 18, 2017
Summary: ORDER ALLISON CLAIRE , Magistrate Judge . Plaintiff has filed a motion for reconsideration of the order denying his request for an extension of time to complete discovery. ECF No. 94. Since the previous motion was dismissed without prejudice (ECF No. 90), the court will construe the motion as a renewed motion for an extension of time. Discovery is set to close on August 18, 2017, and discovery requests were to be served no later than June 19, 2017. ECF No. 87-1 at 5. Plaintiff's previous r
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Plaintiff has filed a motion for reconsideration of the order denying his request for an extension of time to complete discovery. ECF No. 94. Since the previous motion was dismissed without prejudice (ECF No. 90), the court will construe the motion as a renewed motion for an extension of time.

Discovery is set to close on August 18, 2017, and discovery requests were to be served no later than June 19, 2017. ECF No. 87-1 at 5. Plaintiff's previous request to modify the scheduling order requested that the court "extend the timeline for completion of discovery to no sooner than October 2017." ECF No. 88 at 2. In denying plaintiff's previous request for extension, the court advised plaintiff of the information he would need to provide in any future motions for extension. Specifically, he was directed to "identify what specific tasks he needs additional time to complete, request a specific amount of time for the extension, and explain both what he has been doing during the time he already had and why he needs the additional time requested." ECF No. 90. In his current motion, plaintiff identifies the discovery he seeks to pursue and states that he requires additional time because he expects to be impeded in his efforts, he "cannot reasonably be expected to move with the speed of trained legal professionals," and he is being subject to various civil rights violations that must be documented. ECF No. 94 at 4-5. Plaintiff does not identify a specific amount of time for the extension or explain what he has been doing since the discovery and scheduling order was issued on April 27, 2017. However, the court will assume that he is still seeking an extension until sometime in October and that he has been spending his time documenting the other alleged civil rights violations.

Discovery has been open for nearly three months, and there is no indication in plaintiff's current motion that he has taken any steps during that time toward obtaining the discovery he seeks. ECF No. 94. Instead, he states that he anticipates obstruction of his efforts to obtain discovery, which implies that he has yet to begin putting forth any efforts to obtain discovery, and all evidence indicates that he has spent his time documenting the various alleged civil rights violations instead of pursuing this case. ECF Nos. 88, 94. In denying the previous motion, plaintiff was clearly advised that the court will not extend litigation deadlines simply because he chooses to prioritize other matters (ECF No. 90) and he has failed to demonstrate that he has made any efforts at pursuing discovery since being so advised. Plaintiff has failed to demonstrate good cause for modifying the scheduling order and extending discovery and his motion will therefore be denied.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff's motion for reconsideration is construed as a renewed motion for extension of time (ECF No. 94) and is denied without prejudice.

Source:  Leagle

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