ORDER GRANTING STIPULATION TO AMEND THE CASE SCHEDULE

(Doc 77)

JENNIFER L. THURSTON, Magistrate Judge.

To the Honorable Court:

Pursuant to this Court's Scheduling Order (Doc 58), the Parties, by stipulation, request an extension of the following discovery deadlines:

• bull; Fact Discovery Cutoff (solely for purposes of conducting the deposition and/or continuation of the deposition of two third party witnesses): From February 15, 2019 to February 22, 2019 to accommodate the availability of third party witness Adam Chase, a former Nexstar manager, who resides out of state and is only available for deposition on February 18, 2019, and to complete the deposition of third party witness Allison Underwood, an outside investigator retained by Nexstar, which commenced on January 30 but could not be completed or rescheduled prior to the current February 15 discovery cutoff due to the schedules of the witness, her counsel and counsel for the parties. (Note: To the extent further motion practice is required with respect to Ms. Underwood, the Parties anticipate that a third deposition session may be required for Ms. Underwood.)

• bull; Expert Witness Disclosure: From March 1, 2019 to April 1, 2019, to accommodate the availability of Dr. Delia Silva to conduct a mental status examination of the Plaintiff.

• bull; Rebuttal Expert Witness Disclosure: From March 22, 2019 to April 22, 2019

• bull; Expert Discovery Cutoff: From April 12, 2019 to May 13, 2019 (May 12 is a Sunday). Good cause exists to grant the stipulation, as the Parties' discovery timeline was constrained by the availability of a third party witness who resides out of state, by the inclement weather preventing the Parties' completion of Plaintiff's deposition prior to January 2019, the inability of another third party witness and her counsel as well as counsel for the parties to find a mutually available date for all parties for the completion of the deposition prior to the current non-expert discovery cutoff date, as well as by the proposed medical examiner's lack of availability. This stipulation is supported by the declaration of Stephanie T. Yang, a copy of which is attached.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

ORDER

Based upon the stipulation of the parties and good cause appearing, the Court ORDERS the case schedule to be amended as follows:

1. The depositions of Adam Chase, Allison Underwood SHALL be completed by February 22, 2019;

2. Experts SHALL be disclosed no later than April 1, 2019. Rebuttal experts may be disclosed no later than April 22, 2019 and all expert discovery SHALL be completed no later than May 13, 2019;

3. Any nondispositive motions SHALL be filed as soon as the need presents itself but no later than May 17, 2019 and heard no later than June 14, 2019.

IT IS SO ORDERED.