STIPULATION AND JOINT REQUEST TO CONTINUE MANDATORY SCHEDULING CONFERENCE; ORDER

BARBARA A. McAULIFFE, Magistrate Judge.

Plaintiff LAWRENCE GREEN (hereinafter "Plaintiff"), by and through his counsel of record, and Defendant FRANCIS L. BARIGIAN (hereinafter "Defendant"), by and through her counsel of record, hereby stipulate and agree as follows:

WHEREAS, a Mandatory Scheduling Conference is presently set for the above-captioned matter on September 24, 2015, at 9:00 A.M.;

WHEREAS, the deadline to file the Joint Scheduling Report is September 17, 2015;

WHEREAS, the Parties have not previously asked for any extensions of time relating to the Mandatory Scheduling Conference;

WHEREAS, counsel for the Parties have timely conducted their Rule 26 meet and confer conference and have exchanged the Parties' initial disclosures;

WHEREAS, the Parties have been engaged in serious discussions regarding the potential resolution of this case;

WHEREAS, at this stage of the matter, the Parties are optimistic that continuing with their settlement discussions will lead to a resolution of this this matter; and

WHEREAS, the Parties agree that continuing the Mandatory Scheduling Conference and related deadlines will facilitate a potential resolution of this action and conserve the resources of the Court and the Parties.

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, pursuant to Civil Local Rule 144, that this Court continue the Mandatory Scheduling Conference for twenty-eight days to October 22, 2015, at 9:00 A.M., or to a date and time thereafter that is convenient for the Court, and to continue the related deadline to submit a Joint Scheduling Report accordingly.

Pursuant to General Order 45, § X.B, the filer hereby attests that concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained from each of the other signatories.

ORDER

In consideration of the Parties' Stipulation and Joint Request to Continue the Mandatory Scheduling Conference and related deadlines, and good cause having been shown, it is hereby ORDERED that the Mandatory Scheduling Conference, currently set for September 24, 2015, shall be continued to October 28, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. in Courtroom 8 before United States Magistrate Judge Barbara A. McAuliffe. The related deadline to submit a Joint Scheduling Report, under Rule 26 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, is similarly continued.

IT IS SO ORDERED.