STIPULATION AND ORDER TO CONTINUE DEADLINE FOR DEFENDANT BLUESTEM BRANDS, INC. TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT

(FIRST REQUEST)

PEGGY A. LEEN, Magistrate Judge.

Defendant, Bluestem Brands, Inc. ("Bluestem"), by and through its counsel of record Armstrong Teasdale LLP, and Plaintiff Aleksandar Ostojic ("Plaintiff"), by and through his counsel of record, Law Office of Kevin L. Hernandez, hereby stipulate and agree, subject to this Court's approval, to continue the deadline for Bluestem to answer or otherwise respond to the Complaint filed on December 21, 2018 (ECF No. 1), from January 28, 2019, to February 19, 2019, as Bluestem requires additional time to investigate the allegations in the Complaint and prepare an appropriate response to same. This is the first request to continue this deadline.

Plaintiff filed his Complaint on December 21, 2018. ECF No. 1. Bluestem was served with the Summons and Complaint on or about January 7, 2019. Accordingly, Bluestem's current response deadline is January 28, 2019.

Good cause exists for the short continuance of the deadline for Bluestem to answer or otherwise respond to the Complaint. Bluestem requires additional time to investigate the allegations in the Complaint so that it may prepare an appropriate response to the same. Plaintiff has agreed to the short continuance. This stipulation is made in good faith and not for purposes of delay or any other improper purpose.

The parties, therefore, stipulate and request that the Court enter an order approving the continuance of Bluestem's deadline to answer or otherwise respond to the Complaint from January 28, 2019, to February 19, 2019.

IT IS SO ORDERED.