Filed: Nov. 27, 2018
Latest Update: Nov. 27, 2018
Summary: ORDER CAROL MIRANDO , Magistrate Judge . This matter comes before the Court upon review of the Unopposed Motion for an Extension of Pre-Trial Deadlines filed on November 20, 2018. Doc. 28. Plaintiff Richard Samson seeks to extend the discovery and dispositive motion deadlines in the Case Management and Scheduling Order ("CMSO"). Id.; see also Doc. 23. Defendant the City of Naples does not oppose the requested relief. Doc. 28 at 2. For the reasons stated herein, the Court will grant the r
Summary: ORDER CAROL MIRANDO , Magistrate Judge . This matter comes before the Court upon review of the Unopposed Motion for an Extension of Pre-Trial Deadlines filed on November 20, 2018. Doc. 28. Plaintiff Richard Samson seeks to extend the discovery and dispositive motion deadlines in the Case Management and Scheduling Order ("CMSO"). Id.; see also Doc. 23. Defendant the City of Naples does not oppose the requested relief. Doc. 28 at 2. For the reasons stated herein, the Court will grant the re..
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ORDER
CAROL MIRANDO, Magistrate Judge.
This matter comes before the Court upon review of the Unopposed Motion for an Extension of Pre-Trial Deadlines filed on November 20, 2018. Doc. 28. Plaintiff Richard Samson seeks to extend the discovery and dispositive motion deadlines in the Case Management and Scheduling Order ("CMSO"). Id.; see also Doc. 23. Defendant the City of Naples does not oppose the requested relief. Doc. 28 at 2. For the reasons stated herein, the Court will grant the requested extensions and sua sponte extend the remaining deadlines.
Rule 16 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure requires a showing of good cause for modification of a court's scheduling order. Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b)(4). "This good cause standard precludes modification unless the schedule cannot be met despite the diligence of the party seeking the extension." Sosa v. Airprint Sys., Inc., 133 F.3d 1417, 1418 (11th Cir. 1998) (internal quotations and citations omitted). District courts have broad discretion when managing their cases, including discovery and scheduling. Johnson v. Bd. Of Regents of Univ. of Ga., 263 F.3d 1234, 1269 (11th Cir. 2001).
Here, Plaintiff seeks to extend the November 30, 2018 discovery deadline and the January 31, 20191 dispositive motion deadline by two (2) months. Doc. 28 at 1-2. Plaintiff asserts the extensions are necessary to conduct the depositions of three-to-four more witnesses, one of which no longer works for the City of Naples and has since re-located. Id. at 2. The Court finds good cause to extend the deadlines as requested. To allow sufficient time for judicial resolution of the parties' future dispositive motions, however, the Court also sua sponte will extend the remaining deadlines in this case.
ACCORDINGLY, it is
ORDERED:
1. The Unopposed Motion for an Extension of Pre-Trial Deadlines (Doc. 28) is GRANTED.
2. An amended case management and scheduling order will be issued by separate Order.
DONE and ORDERED.