STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO CONTINUE THE JANUARY 26, 2017 CLASS CERTIFICATION FILING DATE TO FEBRUARY 9, 2017

EDWARD M. CHEN, District Judge.

WHEREAS, the Court initially set a date of January 5, 2017 for Plaintiffs to file a motion for class certification;

WHEREAS, at the last case management conference with the Court on December 8, 2016, the parties informed the Court that they were continuing with settlement discussions and that due to Defendants' witness unavailability in December 2016, they wished to continue the January 5, 2017 class certification filing deadline by three weeks;

WHEREAS, the Court continued the January 5, 2017 class certification filing deadline to January 26, 2017;

WHEREAS, the parties have continued settlement discussions and Plaintiffs were prepared to take Defendants' deposition on January 10, 2017 and January 18, 2017 pursuant to F.R.C.P. 30(b)(6) except they wished to focus on settlement discussions and counsel for Defendants was ill;

WHEREAS, the parties have continued settlement discussions and expect those will either be completed in the next week and culminate in a settlement agreement or they will proceed with the litigation;

ACCORDINGLY, the parties by and through their counsel of record, hereby stipulate as follows:

1) The deadline for Plaintiffs to file their motion for class certification will be February 9, 2017 and the hearing will be scheduled for March 16, 2017.

FILER'S ATTESTATION

Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 5-1 regarding signatures, I attest under penalty of perjury that the concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained from all signatories.

[PROPOSED] ORDER

Based on the foregoing stipulation and good cause being shown, the Court hereby GRANTS the parties' Stipulation. The Court hereby orders as follows:

The deadline for Plaintiffs to file their motion for class certification is continued to February 9, 2017 and the hearing will be scheduled for March 16, 2017.

IT IS SO ORDERED.