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7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 KAI COLLIER, Case No. 19-cv-1599-BAS-RBM 11 Plaintiffs, ORDER GRANTING JOINT 12 MOTION TO STAY PROCEEDINGS 13 v. [ECF No. 21] 14 STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al.

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16 17 Presently before the Court is Plaintiff Kai Collier and Defendants J. Romero, 18 J. Huerta, and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s Joint 19 Motion to Stay Proceedings and Modify the Scheduling Order. (ECF No. 21.) Due 20 to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the parties’ attorneys are having difficulty 21 complying with the scheduling order. Counsel are unable to go into the office to 22 work and are attempting to work remotely. Defendants’ counsel also is experiencing 23 delays obtaining documents and information from CDCR. Accordingly, the parties 24 move to stay all deadlines in the scheduling order. 25 A scheduling order may be modified only upon a showing of good cause and 26 by leave of Court. Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b)(4); Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc., 27

(describing the factors a court should consider in ruling on such a | GRANTS the Joint Motion. All dates set forth in the scheduling order (ECF No. 20) 2 ||are STAYED. As stipulated, 30 days from the date of this order, and then every 30 3 || days thereafter, the parties are to file a joint report updating the Court on their current 4 || working conditions and abilities to properly litigate this case. 5 IT IS SO ORDERED. 6 || DATED: March 24, 2020 (iy this ( Ly) han. □ 7 Hon. Cynthia Bashant United States District Judge 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28