Pimentel

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ALBERTO PIMENTEL, et al., Case No.: 24-cv-0127-JAH-SBC

Plaintiffs,

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

v. DENYING IN PART JOINT MOTION

TO (1) REOPEN FACT DISCOVERY

SEAWORLD, et al.,

AND (2) SCHEDULE HEARING TO

Defendants. SET NEW PRETRIAL DATES [ECF NO. 24]

17 Before the Court is the parties’ joint motion to reopen fact discovery and schedule a hearing to set new pretrial dates. (ECF No. 24.) For the reasons set forth below, the joint motion is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART. I. BACKGROUND The original scheduling order was issued in this case on March 21, 2024. (ECF No. 10.) The schedule provided a complete pretrial schedule for the case including a fact discovery deadline of August 23, 2024, an expert discovery deadline of December 13, 2024, and a Pretrial Conference on May 14, 2025. (Id.) On May 24, 2024, the Court held an attorneys-only Status Conference at which…