JOINT STIPULATION TO EXTEND DEADLINE TO FILE MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT AND HEARING ON MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY APPROVAL; [PROPOSED] ORDER

RICHARD SEEBORG, District Judge.

Plaintiff VALERIE CASHON ("Plaintiff") and Defendants KINDRED HEALTHCARE OPERATING, INC. and GENTIVA CERTIFIED HEALTHCARE CORP. ("Defendants") (collectively, the "Parties"), through their respective counsel, hereby stipulate, subject to Court approval, as follows.

WHEREAS, on November 19, 2017 the parties participated in mediation in this action;

WHEREAS, on November 28, 2017, Plaintiff filed a Notice of Proposed Class Settlement and Request for Preliminary Approval Hearing Date [Dkt No. 58] in which Plaintiff informed the court of a proposed settlement and sought a motion for preliminary approval of class action settlement hearing date in late January 2018;

WHEREAS, on November 28, 2017, the Court issued an Order Staying Currently Set Date and Setting Schedule for Preliminary Approval [Dkt No. 59] in which the Court ordered the parties to file the motion for preliminary approval by no later than January 11, 2018 and set the hearing regarding preliminary approval on February 1, 2018 at 1:30 p.m. in Courtroom 3;

WHEREAS, the Parties have been and continue to work diligently to prepare the long-form stipulation regarding class settlement but have not yet finalized that agreement;

WHEREAS, the parties need additional time to finalize that agreement after which the motion for preliminary approval can be filed and heard;

WHEREAS, the parties believe that it would be most efficient for the parties and the Court to continue by at least two weeks the deadline and hearing regarding motion for preliminary approval;

NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, subject to Court approval, as follows:

1. The deadline for Plaintiff to file her motion for preliminary approval currently scheduled for January 11, 2018 shall be continued to January 25, 2018; and

2. The hearing on Plaintiff's motion for preliminary approval currently scheduled for February 1, 2018 shall be continued to February 15, 2018 or the Court's earliest available hearing date thereafter.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

[PROPOSED] ORDER

Having considered the Parties' Joint Stipulation to Extend Deadline to File Motion for Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlement and Hearing on Motion for Preliminary Approval, and good cause appearing therefor, the Court hereby orders as follows:

1. The deadline for Plaintiff to file her motion for preliminary approval is hereby continued from January 11, 2018 to January 25, 2018;

2. The hearing on Plaintiff's motion for preliminary approval shall be set on March 1, 2018 at 1:30 pm.

IT IS SO ORDERED.