STIPULATION AND ORDER TO EXTEND DEADLINE TO RESPOND TO FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT

(Doc. 26)

SHEILA K. OBERTO, Magistrate Judge.

Plaintiff Central Valley Medical Group, Inc. ("Plaintiff") and Defendant Independent Physicians Associates Medical Group, Inc. dba AllCare IPA ("Defendant") jointly stipulate to extending Defendant's deadline to file its response to Plaintiff's First Amended Complaint ("FAC," ECF No. 21) until 21 days after the Court rules on Plaintiff's motion to remand.

WHEREAS, Plaintiff filed its Complaint in Stanislaus County Superior Court on March 19, 2019;

WHEREAS, Defendant removed the action to this Court on March 27, 2019;

WHEREAS, Plaintiff filed a motion to remand the action on April 5, 2019 and Defendant opposed;

WHEREAS, on June 14, 2019, this Court denied Plaintiff's motion to remand without prejudice, permitting CVMG to file an amended complaint and renew its motion to remand (ECF No. 20);

WHEREAS, on July 8, 2019, Plaintiff filed its First Amended Complaint (ECF No. 21);

WHEREAS, Plaintiff has renewed its motion to remand (ECF No. 22);

WHEREAS, Defendant intends to file a motion to dismiss the FAC;

WHEREAS, Defendant's deadline to respond to the FAC is currently Monday, July 22, 2019;

WHEREAS, the parties have met and conferred and believe that it would be a better use of judicial and party resources to permit the Court to resolve the question of federal jurisdiction before the parties and the Court spend time and resources briefing and adjudicating Defendant's forthcoming motion to dismiss;

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by the undersigned parties that:

IT IS SO STIPULATED THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.

ORDER

Pursuant to above-stipulation (Doc. 26) and for good cause shown, it is hereby ORDERED that Defendant shall file and serve its response to Plaintiff's First Amended Complaint (Doc. 21) no later than twenty-one (21) days after the Court issues its order on Plaintiff's Motion for Remand (Doc. 22.).

IT IS SO ORDERED.