STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR AN EXTENSION OF TIME OF 60 DAYS FOR DEFENDANT'S RESPONSE TO PLAINTIFF'S OPENING BRIEF

BARBARA A. McAULIFFE, Magistrate Judge.

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by and between the parties, through their respective counsel of record, that Defendant shall have an extension of time of 60 additional days to respond to Plaintiff's opening brief. The current due date is July 20, 2018. The new due date will be September 18, 2018.

This is Defendant's first request for an extension of time in this case. There is good cause for this request. Since the filing of Plaintiff's opening brief, Defendant's counsel has been diligently addressing her full workload of district court cases and other cases that could not be assigned to another attorney. Furthermore, Defendant's counsel will be on approved leave for approximately four weeks from July to August.

Thus, Defendant is respectfully requesting additional time up to and including September 18, 2018, to fully review the record and research the issues presented by Plaintiff's opening brief in this case. This request is made in good faith with no intention to unduly delay the proceedings.

ORDER

Pursuant to the parties' stipulation, and for cause shown, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Defendant shall have an extension of time to September 18, 2018, in which to file a response to Plaintiff's opening brief. All other deadlines set forth in the Court's Scheduling Order shall be extended accordingly.

IT IS SO ORDERED.