[CONSENT]

ORDER

JOHN J. O'SULLIVAN, Chief Magistrate Judge.

THIS MATTER is before the Court on the Unopposed Motion for Leave to File Third-party Complaint and Incorporated Memorandum of Law (DE# 82, 10/4/19) filed by the defendant. The deadline to amend the pleadings was initially set for February 22, 2019. See Scheduling Order for Pretrial Conference and Trial (DE# 57, 1/29/19). The Court later granted the parties leave to amend their pleadings by July 30, 2019. See Order (DE# 73, 7/29/19). The defendant, Northfield Holdings Corp., now seeks to amend the pleadings to file a third-party complaint.

While leave to amend a pleading is "freely given" under Rule 15(a), a court must also consider the requirements of Rule 16(b)(4), which provides that a Case Management and Scheduling Order "may be modified only for good cause and with the judge's consent." Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b)(4); Sosa v. Airprint Sys., Inc., 133 F.3d 1417, 1418-19 (11th Cir. 1998). Here, the parties were previously granted leave to amend the pleadings. Moreover, the discovery cutoff in the instant case is December 2, 2019 and trial in this matter is set for April 13, 2020. See Order Setting Pretrial Conference and Trial Date (DE# 74, 7/29/19). The defendant seeks leave to raise claims against the broker and agent in a third-party complaint. Allowing the defendant to add new parties at this juncture in the proceedings would hinder the case from going forward under the deadlines set by the current scheduling order. In sum, the defendant has failed to show good cause supporting the modification of the Court's scheduling order. Accordingly and based on the foregoing, it is

ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the Unopposed Motion for Leave to File Third-party Complaint and Incorporated Memorandum of Law (DE# 82, 10/4/19) is DENIED.

DONE AND ORDERED.