1 2 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 4 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 5 KALILAH DIANE BRANTLEY, 6 Case No. 2:24-cv-02246-JAD-NJK Plaintiff, 7 Order v. 8 [Docket No. 22] AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC., 9 Defendants. 10 11 Pending before the Court is a stipulation to extend the discovery cutoff by 60 days. Docket 12 No. 22. 13 A request to extend unexpired deadlines in the scheduling order must be premised on a 14 showing of good cause. Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b)(4); Local Rule 26-3. This analysis turns on whether 15 the subject deadlines cannot reasonably be met despite the exercise of diligence. Johnson v. 16 Mammoth Recreations, Inc.,

(9th Cir. 1992). 17 The stipulation fails to persuade the Court that good cause exists. The gist of the stipulation 18 is that resolution of a motion to dismiss, and the decision not to amend, has narrowed the relevant 19 issues in the case. Docket No. 22 at 2. Of course, the mere pendency of that motion to dismiss 20 was not grounds to delay discovery, cf. Tradebay, LLC v. eBay, Inc.,

(D. Nev. 21 2011), and the stipulation fails to explain why having fewer live issues in the case would translate 22 to needing more time for discovery. The stipulation otherwise indicates that Plaintiff’s deposition 23 needs to be taken and some issues in the earlier discovery responses need to be ironed out, see 24 Docket No. 22 at 2, but no showing is made as to why that cannot be done in the three weeks left 25 in the discovery period. Lastly, the stipulation references settlement discussions, but the existence 26 of settlement discussions is not generally ground to modify case management deadlines, Williams 27 v. James River Grp. Inc.,

, 1181 (D. Nev. 2022), and (again) it is not clear 28 why those discussions cannot take place before the current discovery cutoff. ] In short, good cause to extend the discovery cutoff has not been shown. Given Plaintiff’s 2|| pro se status and the fact that the request is made jointly, however, the Court will allow a 30-day extension as a one-time courtesy. To be clear, the parties must advance their discovery efforts 4] now with appropriate diligence, as similar leniency should not be expected moving forward. 5 Accordingly, the stipulation to extend is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part. Case 6|| management deadlines are RESET as follows: 7 e Amend pleadings/ add parties: closed 8 e Initial experts: closed 9 e Rebuttal experts: closed 10 e Discovery cutoff: September 25, 2025 11 e Dispositive motions: October 27, 2025 12 e Joint proposed pretrial order: November 26, 2025, or 30 days after resolution of 13 dispositive motions 14 IT IS SO ORDERED. 15 Dated: August 6, 2025 16 7, a — o——. Nancy J. Koppe 17 United States Magistrate Judge 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28