Sundby

I. BACKGROUND

18 This matter comes before the Court on the Motion to Modify Scheduling Order to 19 Allow Defendants to File an Amended Answer Pursuant to Rule 16(b)(4) of the Federal 20 Rules of Civil Procedure, filed by the Investor Defendants1 on March 11, 2020. ECF No. 21 97. Plaintiff filed a Response in opposition to the motion on March 30, 2020 (ECF No. 22 23 24 1 The Investor Defendants include Salomon Benzimra, Trustee, Stanley Kesselman, Trustee, Jeffrey Myers, Kathleen Myers, Andres Salsido, Trustee, Benning Management Group 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan, Christopher Myers, Vickie McCarty, Delores 26 Thompson, Kimberly Gill Rabinoff, Steven Cobin, Trustee, Susan Cobin, Trustee, Equity Trust Company, Custodian FBO Steven M. Cobin Traditional IRA, Todd B. Cobin, Trustee, Barbara A. Cobin, Trustee, and Fasack Investments, LLC. 28 107), and the Investor Defendants filed a Reply on April 6, 2020 (ECF No. 112). Plaintiff also filed a Motion to Strike the Reply on April 6, 2020 (ECF No. 115). II. LEGAL STANDARD Under Fed. R. Civ. P 16(b)(4), “[a] schedule may be modified only for good cause and with the judge’s consent.” “Good cause” is a…