STIPULATION TO CONTINUE INITIAL STATUS CONFERENCE AND RELATED DATES; [PROPOSED] ORDER

WILLIAM B. SHUBB, District Judge.

Plaintiff BRIAN THOMAS ("Plaintiff") and Defendant CITY OF FOLSOM ("Defendant"), by and through their respective counsel, hereby stipulate as follows:

A. WHEREAS, Plaintiff filed its complaint on August 25, 2016, and served Defendant on November 17, 2016;

B. WHEREAS, the Court scheduled an initial status (pretrial scheduling) conference for January 3, 2017, and the parties' Joint Status Report is due December 20, 2016.

C. WHEREAS, the parties stipulated for an extension of time for Defendant to file a response to the complaint, up to and including January 5, 2017.

D. WHEREAS, Defendant will not have formally appeared in this case until after the current deadline to file a Joint Status Report and the initial status conference has passed.

C. WHEREAS, the parties request additional time to evaluate their respective claims and defenses in order to meaningfully participate in preparation of a joint status report and the initial status conference.

NOW THEREFORE, Plaintiff and Defendant stipulate that:

1. It is in the interest of judicial economy to continue the initial status conference from January 3, 2017, to February 7, 2017. No party will be prejudiced by a continuance of the initial status conference.

2. The parties further stipulate that the Joint Status Report be due on or before January 24, 2017.

3. The parties agree to meet and confer on a discovery plan as required by FRCP 26(f) on or before January 17, 2017.

IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.

ORDER

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION BY THE PARTIES TO THIS CASE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:

1. The initial status conference is continued from January 3, 2017, to February 13, 2017 at 1:30 p.m.

2. The parties' Joint Status Report is due on or before January 30, 2017.

3. The parties shall meet and confer on a discovery plan as required by FRCP 26(f) on or before January 17, 2017.