Filed: Nov. 17, 2017
Latest Update: Nov. 17, 2017
Summary: STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER INSTITUTING 60-DAY STAY JOHN A. MENDEZ , District Judge . Plaintiffs Jacob Bernard Russell Sorenson and Bernard Sorenson ("Plaintiffs") and Defendant Ford Motor Company ("Ford"), through their undersigned counsel, represent to the Court: WHEREAS, Ford removed this matter to federal court on September 25, 2017; WHEREAS, the parties recently attended mediation that resulted in a provisional settlement, pending final acceptance by Plaintiffs; WHEREAS, there
Summary: STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER INSTITUTING 60-DAY STAY JOHN A. MENDEZ , District Judge . Plaintiffs Jacob Bernard Russell Sorenson and Bernard Sorenson ("Plaintiffs") and Defendant Ford Motor Company ("Ford"), through their undersigned counsel, represent to the Court: WHEREAS, Ford removed this matter to federal court on September 25, 2017; WHEREAS, the parties recently attended mediation that resulted in a provisional settlement, pending final acceptance by Plaintiffs; WHEREAS, there a..
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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER INSTITUTING 60-DAY STAY
JOHN A. MENDEZ, District Judge.
Plaintiffs Jacob Bernard Russell Sorenson and Bernard Sorenson ("Plaintiffs") and Defendant Ford Motor Company ("Ford"), through their undersigned counsel, represent to the Court:
WHEREAS, Ford removed this matter to federal court on September 25, 2017;
WHEREAS, the parties recently attended mediation that resulted in a provisional settlement, pending final acceptance by Plaintiffs;
WHEREAS, there are numerous impending deadlines in this matter, including the submission of a joint status report and Rule 26(f) discovery plan by November 27, 2017, the exchange of initial disclosures by the same date, and the filing of opposition and reply briefs in connection with motions set for hearing on December 5, 2017;
WHEREAS, given the provisional settlement, it would be inefficient for the parties to submit and for the Court to consider scheduling issues and any pending motions;
Plaintiffs and Ford hereby stipulate, subject to the approval of the Court, that this matter shall be stayed in its entirety for sixty (60) days and that the parties shall submit a joint status report to the Court on January 15, 2018 concerning the status of the settlement.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
