JOINT STATUS REPORT

CAM FERENBACH, Magistrate Judge.

Pursuant to the parties' Joint Status Report dated January 27, 2016 (ECF No. 81), Plaintiff, the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC" or "Plaintiff"), and Defendants, Bank of America Corporation and Bank of America, N.A. (collectively, "Defendants"), by and through their respective counsel of record, hereby submit a Joint Status Report to the Court.

The parties have reached an agreement as to the terms of the proposed Consent Decree to be submitted to the Court for approval and intend to file settlement documents with the court shortly. The parties have been working diligently to file the proposed Consent Decree but require a brief extension of the stay to allow the parties time to gather signatures from all the necessary parties.

Accordingly, the parties respectfully request that this Court grant a brief extension of approximately two weeks until Tuesday, March 9, 2016 to allow the parties to obtain the necessary signatures and file the proposed Consent Decree. If the parties are unable to file the proposed Consent Decree by March 9, 2016, the parties agree to file a joint status report on Monday, March 8, 2016.

I am, and was at the time the herein mentioned service took place, a citizen of the United States, over the age of eighteen (18) years and not a party to the above-entitled cause.

I am employed by the Los Angeles District Office of the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. My business address is Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 255 E. Temple Street, 4th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90012. On the date that this declaration was executed, as shown below, I served the foregoing: JOINT STATUS REPORT via the Court's ECF System to counsel for Defendant(s):

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on February 24, 2016, at Los Angeles, CA.