Arguedas

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JUAN CARLOS ARGUEDAS et al., Case No.: 20-CV-2044-LL (WVG)

Plaintiffs,

ORDER DENYING JOINT MOTION

v. TO MODIFY THE SCHEDULING

ORDER REGULATING

JESUS ALBERTO CARSON et al.,

DISCOVERY AND OTHER PRE-

Defendants. TRIAL PROCEEDINGS 16 Pending before the Court is a Joint Motion to Modify the Scheduling Order Regulating Discovery and Other Pre-Trial Proceedings (“Joint Motion”). (Doc. No. 51.) The Joint Motion requests the Court extend the fact and expert discovery deadlines, mandatory settlement conference, and pre-trial motion cutoffs by sixty days. For the reasons set forth below, the Joint Motion is DENIED without prejudice. Rule 16(b)(4) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (“Rule 16(b)(4)”) governs when a Court may modify a scheduling order. In determining whether to modify a scheduling order, the Court considers the “good cause” standard set out by Rule 16(b)(4). Rule…