SECOND STIPULATED REQUEST TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE MOTION FOR ATTORNEYS' FEES and [PROPOSED] ORDER (Civ. L.R. 6-2)

JON S. TIGAR, District Judge.

WHEREAS, by stipulated order dated May 12, 2017 (ECF Doc. 73), this Court extended the deadline for Plaintiffs to file a motion for an award of the attorneys' fees and costs incurred in this case until 60 days after the conclusion of any and all appeals;

WHEREAS, on October 26, 2017, the Court of Appeals granted Defendants' motion for voluntary dismissal of their appeal in this case and returned mandate to this Court;

WHEREAS, all appeals having been concluded, Plaintiffs motion for attorneys' fees and costs is currently due on or before December 25, 2017;

WHEREAS, by letter dated October 27, 2017, Plaintiffs provided Defendants with an offer to settle their claim for attorneys' fees and costs;

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs and Defendants wish to engage in good faith negotiations in an effort to settle Plaintiffs' claim for attorneys' fees without further expenditure of judicial resources;

WHEREAS, Defendants are still in the process of reviewing Plaintiffs' offer of settlement and require additional time to prepare a response regarding the payment of reasonable attorneys' fees and costs in the matter;

WHEREAS, if the parties reach an agreement in principle, the proposed sixty-day extension would also enable the parties to draft settlement documents and obtain the necessary approvals from official within the Department of Justice and the Department of Interior;

NOW THEREFORE, the parties, by and through their undersigned counsel of record, hereby stipulate and request that the December 25, 2017 deadline for Plaintiffs to file a motion for an award of attorneys' fees under 16 U.S.C. § 1540(g)(4) be extended by 60 days, to February 23, 2018.

[PROPOSED] ORDER

Pursuant to stipulation, IT IS SO ORDERED. The deadline for Plaintiffs to file a motion for an award of attorneys' fees under 16 U.S.C. § 1540(g)(4) is extended to February 23, 2018.