Arroyo

BACKGROUND

26 The Court entered a Scheduling Conference Order on September 2, 2022. (Doc. 10.) 27 Pertinent to the issues in this motion, the Scheduling Order stated that the parties were to disclose 28 their initial expert witness disclosures no later than May 15, 2023, and their supplemental expert witnesses by June 15, 2023. (See id.) The order instructed that such disclosures be made pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(2)(A) and (B) and include all information required thereunder, i.e., the provision of a written expert report for retained experts. (Id.) The order also stated that the dates in the scheduling order were considered firm and would not be modified absent a showing of good cause. (Id.) The deadline for completion of expert discovery expired on August 11, 2023. Dr. Williamson Plaintiff served Defendants with the disclosure of her retained expert witness, Dr. Williamson, on May 15, 2023, consistent with the Scheduling Conference Order. (Doc. 41 at p. 4.) However, Plaintiff did not provide a Rule 26(a) expert report as part of that disclosure. Rather, she identified a general area of testimony…