STIPULATION AND ORDER MODIFYING AMENDED STATUS (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING) ORDER PENDING APPEAL

JOHN A. MENDEZ, District Judge.

Plaintiffs Blue Lake Rancheria Economic Development Corporation ("BLREDC") and Mainstay Business Solutions ("MBS"); defendants David Lanier, Patrick Henning, Jr., Pam Harris, Jack Budmark, Talbott Smith, Kathy Dunne, and Sarah Reece; and intervenor United States, collectively, "the parties," stipulate as follows:

1. The Complaint was filed on April 26, 2011.

2. On January 5, 2015, the Court entered in this case an Amended Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Order ("Scheduling Order"). The Scheduling Order, among other things, provided that all dispositive motions shall be filed by January 13, 2016; that the final pre-trial conference shall be held on April 1, 2016; and that the trial shall commence on May 23, 2016.

3. On May 26, 2015, the Court entered Judgment in favor of Blue Lake Rancheria ("BLR").

4. On June 26, 2015, Defendants filed a Notice of Appeal from the Judgment in favor of BLR. Briefing has not yet commenced on Defendants' appeal.

5. For purposes of this action only, the parties stipulate that BLREDC and MBS are arms of the BLR tribe within the meaning of federal tribal sovereign immunity doctrine; and for purposes of this action only, BLREDC and MBS were entitled to sovereign immunity to the same extent as BLR is determined to be entitled to sovereign immunity.

6. The parties agree that trial of BLREDC's and MBS's claims against EDD should be postponed until after Defendants' appeal from the judgment for BLR is resolved, because the issues at trial will be substantially similar to those on appeal.

7. The parties agree that the deadline to file dispositive motions, and the dates for final pretrial conference and trial should be vacated. All other dates and deadlines in the Scheduling Order (whether already past or not) should remain the same.

8. The parties agree that they should file a joint status report within fourteen (14) days of the Court of Appeal's issuing its mandate in the current appeal, in which the parties will propose dates for the deadline to file dispositive motions and for final pretrial conference and trial.

9. Discovery should not be re-opened except upon mutual agreement of the parties.

IT IS SO AGREED.

ORDER

Based upon the stipulation of the parties, and for good cause shown, the Court hereby ORDERS that:

IT IS SO ORDERED.