Aguilar v. Walmart, Inc.

District Court, D. Nevada

Aguilar v. Walmart, Inc.

Trial Court Opinion

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 6 JOHN AGUILAR SALVADOR, 7 Case No.: 2:24-cv-02312-NJK Plaintiff, 8 Order v. 9 [Docket No. 13] WALMART, INC., 10 Defendant. 11 12 Pending before the Court is the parties’ stipulation to extend discovery deadlines by 60 13 days. Docket No. 13. 14 A request to extend unexpired deadlines in the scheduling order must be premised on a 15 showing of good cause. Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b)(4); Local Rule 26-3. The good cause analysis turns 16 on whether the subject deadlines cannot reasonably be met despite the exercise of diligence. 17 Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc.,

975 F.2d 604, 609

(9th Cir. 1992). 18 Here, the parties have failed to demonstrate diligence. The Court issued the scheduling 19 order in this case on December 30, 2024. Docket No. 11. The parties have conducted little 20 affirmative discovery. Docket No. 13 at 1-2. 21 Nonetheless, as a one-time courtesy, the Court will allow the extension. The parties must 22 diligently conduct discovery. 23 Accordingly, the stipulation to extend is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part. Docket 24 No. 13. 25 Deadlines are RESET as follows: 26 • Initial expert: May 12, 2025 27 • Rebuttal expert: June 11, 2025 28 • Discovery cutoff: July 11, 2025 ] e Dispositive motions: August 11, 2025 2 e Joint proposed pretrial order: September 10, 2025, 30 days after resolution of 3 dispositive motions, or further order of the Court 4 IT IS SO ORDERED. 5 Dated: March 12, 2025

Nancy J\Koppe 7 United-States Magistrate Judge 8 9 10 1] 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

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