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5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 9 10 BOGDAN LENDEL, an individual, CASE NO. 2:22-cv-1185 MJP 11 Plaintiff, ORDER ON STIPULATED MOTION TO CONTINUE 12 v. DISCOVERY AND DISCOVERY MOTION DEADLINES 13 STILLWATER INSURANCE COMPANY, a foreign insurance 14 company, 15 Defendant. 16 17 This matter is before the Court on the Plaintiff’s Stipulated Motion to Continue Discovery. 18 (Dkt. No. 28.) Plaintiff requests the deadline to conduct discovery be moved sixty (60) days from 19 May 26, 2023, to July 26, 2023. 20 A [case] schedule may be modified only for good cause and with the judge’s consent. Fed. 21 R. Civ. P. 16(b)(4); see also LCR 16(b)(6) (“A schedule may be modified only for good cause 22 and with the judge’s consent.”). The decision to modify a scheduling order is within the broad 23 discretion of the district court. See Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc.,

(9th 24 1 Cir. 1992). Having reviewed the Motion, the Court will not approve a sixty (60) day extension, 2 but will approve a thirty (30) day extension. However, the Court would like to make the parties 3 aware that June 26, 2023, is also the deadline for dispositive motions, which the parties have not 4 requested the Court extend.

5 The Court HEREBY ORDERS the discovery deadline is extended until June 26, 2023. 6 The clerk is ordered to provide copies of this order to all counsel. 7 Dated May 17, 2023. A 8 9 Marsha J. Pechman United States Senior District Judge 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24