MOTION TO EXTEND DISPOSITIVE MOTIONS DEADLINE

(FIRST REQUEST)

CAM FERENBACH, Magistrate Judge.

Defendants Sheriff Joseph Lombardo and Bonnie Polley, by and through their attorneys, Robert W. Freeman, Esq of LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH, respectfully request this Court to issue an Order extending the deadlines to file dispositive motions in this case.

MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT

Pursuant to Local Rules (LR) 2604, LR6-1 and LR 26-1, Defendants, by and through their attorneys, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, hereby moves that this Court to extend the deadline to file dispositive motions in the above-captioned case 45 days up to and including Monday, July 23, 2018.

Local Rule (LR) 2604 provides that applications to extend any date set by the discovery plan, scheduling order or other order must, in addition to satisfying the requirements of LR6-1, be supported by showing of good cause for the extension.

LR26-1 also requires that an application for the extension of a deadline must be received by the court no later than 21 days before extension of the subject deadline.

LR6-1 provides the "(a) request made after the expiration of the specified period shall not be granted unless the moving party, attorney or other person demonstrates the failure to act as a result of excusable neglect."

In addition Defendants request that the pretrial motion deadline be extended for an additional 45 days as outlined herein. In support of this Motion Defendants state as follows:

Discovery is closed in this matter.

This Request for an extension of time is not sought for any improper purpose or other purpose of delay. This request for extension is based upon the following:

Defendants served Plaintiff with Interrogatories and Request for Production of Documents on November 29, 2017. Plaintiff has provided no responses to any of the Interrogatories or Request for Production of Documents despite a letter from Defendant's discussing the situation. Defendants filed a Motion to Compel Plaintiff's Discovery Reponses (ECF No. 27). On May 16, 2018, the Court filed its Order Granting Defendants' Motion to Compel Plaintiff's Discovery Responses and further ordered that Plaintiff has until June 20, 2018 to respond to Defendants' discovery requests. (ECF 28).

The current deadline to file dispositive Motions is June 6, 2018, fourteen days before Plaintiff's discovery responses are due. For this reason Defendants' request additional time for the parties to file their dispositive motions.

WHEREFORE, Defendants respectfully request that this Court extend the time for the parties to file their dispositive motions by thirty (45) days from the current deadline of June 6, 2018 up to and including July 23, 2018.

IT IS SO ORDERED.