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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Case No.: 22-cv-522-H-BLM SPENCER BUENO et al.,

Plaintiffs, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFFS’

MOTION TO MODIFY

v. SCHEDULING ORDER

MERCK & CO., INC., et al.,

Defendants. Currently before the Court is Plaintiffs’ March 1, 2024 Motion to Modify Scheduling Order (“Motion”). ECF No. 77. On March 3, 2024, Defendants filed an opposition to Plaintiffs’ Motion (“Oppo.”). ECF No. 78. For the reasons set forth below, Plaintiffs’ Motion is DENIED. RELEVANT FACT & PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND On November 16, 2022, the Court issued an order regulating discovery and other pretrial deadlines. ECF No. 25. On July 28, 2023, the Court granted the parties’ Joint Motion to Amend Scheduling Order. ECF No. 65. Pertinent to the instant Motion, the new deadline for Plaintiffs to serve supplemental expert rebuttal designations and reports was March 1, 2024. Id. at *2; see also Motion at *2. On…