The Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) administrative hearing on the proposed federal rescheduling of marijuana is taking a one-day pause today, with proceedings scheduled to resume tomorrow morning, according to an order issued by the chief administrative law judge.

The order, signed July 8 by Chief Administrative Law Judge Derek C. Julius, places the hearing in recess on July 9 after designated party Kenneth Finn, M.D., concluded his case-in-chief, along with all related cross-examination and redirect examination.

According to the order, the next designated party, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI), was not originally scheduled to begin presenting its case until July 10. Rather than requiring TBI to begin a day early, the judge ordered a recess for July 9 and amended the hearing schedule accordingly.

The hearing will formally resume at 9 a.m. Eastern Time on July 10, when TBI is expected to begin presenting its case-in-chief.

The administrative proceeding is examining whether marijuana should be moved from Schedule I to Schedule III under the federal Controlled Substances Act. It comes after an April order by the Department of Justice that moved state-legal and FDA-approved medical cannabis to Schedule III.

The one-day recess does not represent a delay in the overall proceeding. Instead, it reflects that the hearing is moving slightly ahead of the original schedule, allowing the next phase of testimony to begin on its previously scheduled date.

The hearing is currently expected to conclude no later than July 15, unless the schedule is modified by additional orders from the administrative law judge.