STIPULATION AND ORDER TO CONTINUE DEADLINE FOR DEFENDANTS TO RESPOND TO PLAINTIFF'S COMPLAINT

WILLIAM B. SHUBB, District Judge.

JOINT STIPULATION

Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 144(a), Plaintiff Bobby L. Jones ("Plaintiff") and Defendants Metropolitan Life Insurance Company ("MetLife") and Sutter Solano Medical Center, hereby jointly stipulate to an extension of time for Defendants to respond to Plaintiff's Complaint. Plaintiff and Defendants agree and stipulate that Defendants will respond to Plaintiff's Complaint on or before September 23, 2016. In support of this Stipulation, the Parties agree and stipulate as follows:

1. On April 25, 2016, Plaintiff initiated the present action against MetLife in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.

2. Plaintiff and Defendant MetLife previously stipulated to an extension until September 2, 2016 for the Defendants to respond to the complaint.

3. MetLife is substituting Linda B. Oliver of Maynard, Cooper & Gale, LLP, as its attorney of record in this matter.

4. The Parties have agreed to an additional extension of time for Defendants to respond to Plaintiff's Complaint until September 23, 2016.

5. This Stipulation will give Defendants' counsel the time necessary to review appropriate case documents. The additional time will afford the parties the opportunity to explore settlement opportunities without incurring additional costs of litigation. This stipulation will not alter the date of any event or deadline already fixed by court order.

We hereby attest that concurrence in the filing of this stipulation was obtained by each of the below identified signatories.

ORDER

Pursuant to the stipulation of the parties, and for good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT the deadline for all Defendants to respond to the Complaint shall be extended as such that a responsive pleading filed on or before September 23, 2016 shall be deemed timely.

IT IS SO ORDERED.