JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO CONTINUE CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

SUSAN ILLSTON, District Judge.

WHEREAS, a case management conference in the instant action has been scheduled for February 7, 2014;

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs JUAN CARLOS ARANA MORENO, JULIAN CASSANOVA POOT, LIBORIO CHAN, LUIS ALBERTO COLLI PERRERA, EDGAR DIAZ, JOSE MENCIA, RAUL ENRIQUE MISEK, SAMIR ROQUE, and JUAN ANTONIO SALDIVAR ("Plaintiffs") filed a Motion for Leave to File a First Amended Complaint and to Remand to State Court (hereafter "Plaintiff's Motion to Amend and Remand") on January 27, 2014, seeking to amend Plaintiffs' Complaint and challenging this Court's jurisdiction over this action;

WHEREAS, Defendants IGNITE RESTAURANT GROUP, INC. and CRAB ADDISON, INC.'s ("Defendants") opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion to Amend and Remand is due on February 10, 2014;

WHEREAS, the date for the hearing on Plaintiffs' Motion to Amend and Remand is March 21, 2014;

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs and Defendants ( "the Parties") believe that the Court should first determine whether it has jurisdiction over this case before conducting a case management conference, and that a case management conference will not be as productive as it would otherwise be until the Court has ruled on Plaintiffs' Motion to Amend and Remand;

WHEREAS, the Parties have not previously requested a continuance of the February 7, 2014 case management conference;

WHEREAS, the Parties believe such a continuance would serve the purposes of judicial economy, would have no substantial effect on the scheduling of matters in this case, and will not prejudice any party.

WHEREFORE, for the foregoing reasons, the Parties stipulate and agree that the case management conference scheduled for February 7, 2014 at 2:30 p.m. be continued to a date that is convenient for the Court following the March 21, 2014 hearing on Plaintiffs' Motion to Amend and Remand.

ORDER

Having considered the foregoing, the Court hereby orders as follows:

1) The stipulation be, and hereby is, granted; and

2) The case management conference in this action be, and hereby is, continued until ___:____ __.m. on _________ ___, 2014.