STIPULATION AND ORDER TO EXTEND FILING DEADLINES (ECF No. 963)

GARY S. AUSTIN, Magistrate Judge.

RECITALS

WHEREAS, on March 23, 2015, the Court issued a Limited Scheduling Order providing a briefing schedule for motions by Federal Defendants, Defendant-Intervenors and Joined Party Defendants San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority, et al. ("DMC Contractors") and Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District, et al. ("SRS Contractors"), to stay and motions to bifurcate this matter, Doc. 953;

WHEREAS, under the Limited Scheduling Order, the deadline to file those motions was April 10, 2015; the deadline to file oppositions to the pending motions is April 29, 2015; and the deadline to file reply briefs is May 8, 2015;

WHEREAS, Federal Defendants, Defendant-Intervenors and Joined Party Defendants filed motions to stay and to bifurcate on April 10, 2015;

WHEREAS, counsel for Federal Defendants is also attorney of record for the United States in another matter where a motion for a temporary restraining order and/or preliminary injunction is expected imminently;

WHEREAS, that expected emergency motion threatens to make Federal Defendants' counsel's ability to comply with the Court's schedule in this action unmanageable;

WHEREAS, the parties, by and through their respective counsel of record, as identified below, have conferred and agree that it is prudent and appropriate to modestly extend the deadlines under the Court's Limited Scheduling Order to accommodate Federal Defendants' counsel's scheduling conflict, so long as the same length of time is maintained between the opposition and reply deadlines, and no further extensions on this basis will be sought; and

WHEREAS, the parties agree that the deadline to file oppositions to the pending motions should be extended to May 5, 2015, and the deadline to file reply briefs should be extended to May 14, 2015.

STIPULATION

NOW THEREFORE, the parties hereby stipulate as follows regarding the deadline to file oppositions and reply briefs to the pending motions to stay and bifurcate:

The April 29, 2015, deadline to file oppositions shall be extended to May 5, 2015.

The May 8, 2015, deadline to file reply briefs shall be extended to May 14, 2015.

ORDER

Based on the above stipulation between the parties, the Limited Scheduling Order (ECF No. 953) is modified as follows:

The April 29, 2015, deadline to file oppositions shall be extended to May 5, 2015.

The May 8, 2015, deadline to file reply briefs shall be extended to May 14, 2015.

IT IS SO ORDERED.