STIPULATION TO CONTINUE DISCOVERY COMPLETION DATE AND ORDER THEREON

BARBARA A. McAULIFFE, Magistrate Judge.

WHEREAS, the current discovery deadline for this matter is May 16, 2016;

WHEREAS, the current expert witness disclosure deadline for this matter is July 15, 2016;

WHEREAS, the current dispositive motion deadline for this matter is November 15, 2016;

WHEREAS, the current trial date for this matter is May 16, 2017;

WHEREAS, the parties have set numerous depositions which will be costly in part due to travel time and expense, and also required time off work for the party representatives;

WHEREAS, the parties desire a short hiatus from taking depositions to determine if the matter can be resolved informally;

WHEREAS, the parties have agreed to submit their respective claims to mediation or an early settlement conference;

WHEREAS, in the interests of cost savings and judicial economy, the parties agree to continue the discovery and expert disclosure deadlines to September 1, 2016 and November 15, 2016 respectively in order to allow them sufficient time to fully mediate the above captioned action;

IT IS SO STIPULATED:

ORDER

The request for continuance is PARTIALLY GRANTED. The parties do not identify when mediation will occur, and generally, settlement negotiations is not good cause. Nonetheless, a short continuance will be granted. The discovery cut off is continued to August 1, 2016 and the expert disclosure deadline is continued to September 9, 2016. The dispositive motions hearing deadline of November 17, 2016, pretrial conference of March 13, 2017, and trial date of May 16, 2017 remain unchanged. No further continuances will be granted absent good cause.

IT IS SO ORDERED.