STIPULATION AND ORDER TO EXTEND BRIEFING SCHEDULE

(Doc. 15)

SHEILA K. OBERTO, Magistrate Judge.

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by the parties, through their undersigned attorneys, to extend Defendant's time to file her responsive brief with the Court by 30 days to June 13, 2018, and that all other scheduling dates set forth in the Court's Case Management Order shall be extended accordingly. This is Defendant's first request for an extension of time in this matter and she requests it in good faith and without any intent to prolong proceedings unduly.

There is good cause for this extension request because counsel for Defendant has workload issues that preclude filing her responsive brief on May 14, 2018. In particular, counsel for Defendant is currently responsible for performing an extensive range of tasks, including: preparing for an arbitration proceeding involving the agency and one of the agency's collective bargaining units; reviewing the excerpts of record and drafting the Commissioner's answering brief in a Social Security case before the Ninth Circuit; drafting briefs and summary judgment motions and negotiating (or litigating) attorney fee matters pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act before the district courts within the Ninth Circuit; and assisting with implementing the terms of the class action settlement reached in Hart v. Berryhill (N.D.Cal. No. 3:15-cv-623-JST).

Counsel for Defendant apologizes to Plaintiff and the Court for any inconvenience caused by this delay.

ORDER

Pursuant to the parties' above "Stipulation to Extend Briefing Schedule", IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Defendant has until June 13, 2018, to submit her response to Plaintiff's Opening Brief. All other dates in the Scheduling Order (Doc. 5) shall be extended accordingly.

IT IS SO ORDERED.