JOINT MOTION TO AMEND SCHEDULING ORDER; ORDER

KIMBERLY J. MUELLER, District Judge.

Plaintiff-Intervenor State of California ("California"), Relator Loyd F. Schmuckley, Jr., and Defendant Rite Aid Corporation1 ("Rite Aid") (collectively, "the Parties") jointly hereby move the Court for an order amending the currently effective scheduling order.

On May 29, 2018, the Court adopted phased discovery in this matter. ECF No. 128. The first phase of discovery would address, among other things, relevant here, "all of Rite Aid's prescription records and all relevant third-party medical records concerning the statistical sample of 1,904 claims." Id. at 5. The second phase of discovery would address all remaining discovery, including depositions of the Parties 30(b)6) witnesses. Per the current effective scheduling orders, the first phase of discovery was to be completed by June 26, 2019, and the second phase of discovery would be completed by October 23, 2019. ECF No. 176.

On July 2, 2019, upon hearing, the Magistrate Judge granted California's motion to compel regarding Rite Aid's prescription records and ordered Rite Aid to produce all responsive documents, including copies of scanned prescriptions, hard copy prescriptions, and "patient medication profiles" related to the 1,904 sample claims, no later than October 23, 2019. ECF No. 225 at 2. The Magistrate Judge also granted California's motion to compel relating to California's Requests for Production of Documents Nos. 15 and 16 and ordered Rite Aid to produce all responsive documents as soon as practical, with all documents produced no later than October 23, 2019.2 Id.

Given the Court's July 2, 2019 order, and the Parties' anticipation of considerable discovery necessary during Phase 2 of this matter, the Parties have met and conferred regarding modifications of current Phase 2 deadlines in this matter. To allow Rite Aid sufficient time to produce responsive records by October 23, 2019, and to also allow Plaintiffs sufficient time to review all responsive records before proceeding with depositions of Rite Aid's 30(b)(6) witnesses, a subject that falls within the second phase of discovery, the Parties have mutually agreed to extend case deadlines as set forth below.

The Parties, therefore, jointly move the Court to amend its prior scheduling orders, ECF Nos. 176 and 184, as follows:

ORDER

After reviewing the Parties' joint motion to amend the scheduling order, the Court finds good cause and grants the motion.

IT IS ORDERED that the scheduling orders, ECF Nos. 176 and 184, are amended as follows:

IT IS SO ORDERED.