STIPULATED REQUEST TO CONTINUE TRIAL DATE, PRETRIAL CONFERENCE AND DISPOSITIVE MOTION FILING DEADLINE STIPULATION

WILLIAM B. SHUBB, District Judge.

Plaintiff LISA MARIE CLOSE and Defendant STUART K. TAN, by and through their counsel of record, hereby stipulate as follows:

This is the first request to continue the trial date. Other than the dates identified in this stipulation, this extension will not affect any other dates previously set by the Court.

Initially, the parties sought to continue the pretrial conference because lead trial counsel for defendant TAN, Richard Osman and Sheila Crawford, are presenting at a conference in southern California on February 11, 2019 and therefore are not available to attend the pretrial conference. When defense counsel, Nicole Phillips, requested the pretrial conference be continued from January 14, 2019 to February 11, 2019, she inadvertently did not account for the conference.

Upon realizing the scheduling conflict, defense counsel contacted the Courtroom Deputy, Karen Kirksey Smith, to get alternate dates for the pretrial conference and was informed that the pretrial conference could not be continued unless the March 5th trial date was also continued. Ms. Smith informed defense counsel that, based upon the Court's availability, the pretrial conference could be continued to March 18, 2019 at 9:00 am and the trial date could be continued to June 11, 2019 at 9:00 am.

Further, the parties are considering mediation and are engaged in discussions regarding potential mediation dates. As a result of this ongoing discussion and the potential continuation of the trial date, the parties request the dispositive motion filing deadline of November 9, 2018 be continued to December 7, 2018 so the parties do not incur the costs associated with further motion practice before they attempt to resolve the case.

For the reasons set forth above, the parties respectfully request this Court continue the previously set deadlines as follows:

IT IS SO STIPULATED AND REQUESTED THROUGH THE PARTIES' COUNSEL OF RECORD.

ATTORNEY ATTESTATION

I hereby attest that I have on file all holograph signatures for any signatures indicated by a conformed signature ("/s/") within this E-filed document or have been authorized by plaintiff's counsel to show their signature on this document as/s/.

ORDER

WHEREFORE, good cause appearing and pursuant to stipulation of the parties, it is hereby ordered that the deadlines previously set by this Court are continued as follows:

IT IS SO ORDERED.