Tiffany R. Johnson

Adopts magistrate Reports & Recommendations on clear-error review when no objections are filed.

“The Court has reviewed the Final R&R for clear error and finds none. The Court ADOPTS the findings and conclusions in the Final R&R [16] as the opinion and order of the Court.”

Her Civil Case Guidelines auto-stay discovery and Local Rule 16 obligations until 14 days after she rules on any dispositive motion; she enforces this by granting stay-discovery motions immediately (Martinez, 1-day latency), and expects a Certificate of Compliance with her Guidelines within 7 days of case assignment.

“[i]f a defendant files a dispositive motion, including a motion seeking partial disposition of the case, the parties' discovery obligations and obligations under Local Rule 16 are stayed until fourteen (14) days after an order on the motion is entered by the Court.”

An unopposed request does not automatically receive the requested scheduling relief; in Spizzirri she denied a motion to eliminate the responsive-pleading deadline and set concrete amended-complaint and response dates instead.

“ORDER by docket entry only DENYING 15 Unopposed Motion to Vacate Responsive Pleading Deadline. Plaintiffs' deadline to file an Amended Complaint is 1/21/2026. Defendants' deadline to respond to the Amended Complaint is 2/4/2026.”

Applies Rule 15's liberal amendment standard directly and permits amendment when the record presents no reason to depart from the rule's instruction that leave should be freely given.

“The Court finds that justice so requires that Plaintiffs be permitted to file an Amended Complaint.”