TROY L. NUNLEY, District Judge.
TO THE COURT, ALL PARTIES, AND THEIR COUNSEL OF RECORD HEREIN: Pursuant to Local Rule 144(a), Defendant Secretary Alex Azar, sued in his official capacity as the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, and Plaintiff Prime Healthcare Services Shasta, LLC, by and through their respective counsel of record, stipulate and agree to an initial extension of time of 30 days in which defendant may respond to the Second Amended Complaint, up to and including April 4, 2018. The Court recently consolidated a dozen cases into this single matter, and permitted the filing of a Second Amended Complaint. Due to counsel's schedule and the number of consolidated matters, as well as defense counsel having multiple cases set for argument in the Ninth Circuit the week of March 12, the parties agree that the defense will reasonably require additional time to respond. If given additional time, such response will be more useful to the Court and the Plaintiff, thus conserving this District's already overburdened and limited resources. Therefore, the parties stipulate, and propose, an initial extension of 30 days for the defendant to file its responsive pleading.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
Good cause appearing,