STIPULATION AND ORDER TO EXTEND BRIEFING SCHEDULE

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 14 days to June 27, 2018, and that all other scheduling dates set forth in the Court's Case Management Order shall be extended accordingly. This is Defendant's second 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 the parties are currently engaged in discussions to settle the case at hand. Therefore, additional time is necessary for the parties to complete these negotiations and prepare a stipulation for voluntary remand; alternatively, if the parties are unable to successfully complete their settlement discussions, the Commissioner will use this extension period to prepare a separate responsive pleading.

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

ORDER

Pursuant to the parties' above-stipulation showing good cause for a second requested extension of the briefing schedule (Doc. 17), the request is hereby GRANTED.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Defendant's time to file a responsive brief with the Court is extended to June 27, 2018, and all other scheduling dates set forth in the Court's Scheduling Order (Doc. 5) shall be extended accordingly.

IT IS SO ORDERED.