STIPULATION TO AMEND SCHEDULING ORDER; ORDER

(Doc. 32)

SHEILA K. OBERTO, Magistrate Judge.

Plaintiff, Jose Acosta ("Plaintiff"), and Defendants, Nirmal Singh Gill dba Arco Gas & Food Mart, Navdeep Singh dba Arco Gas & Food Mart, Melvin C. Armey, and Carol L. Gano ("Defendants," and together with Plaintiff, "the Parties"), together request that the Court amend the current deadlines set by this Court's Scheduling Order, dated September 8, 2017 (Dkt. 21) ("Scheduling Order") as follows:

WHEREAS, counsel for Defendants is in the process of withdrawing as counsel and as such there has been a delay in Defendants' responding to written discovery;

WHEREAS, the Parties had previously been discussing settlement and, given the withdrawal of defense counsel, are unsure where Defendants stand on the issue at this time but are hopeful that a settlement can be reached at the settlement conference which is set for February 9, 2018 at 11:00 a.m.;

WHEREAS, to allow the Parties an opportunity to resolve the issues regarding discovery, and to work toward an ultimate resolution of the case, Court has ordered the Parties to file a joint stipulation to continue discovery deadlines by not more than 30 days (Dkt. 30);

WHEREAS, continuing the discovery deadlines will also necessitate continuing the motion filing deadlines, particularly for dispositive motions which cannot be drafted until expert discovery has been completed, and the current April 25, 2018 deadline for filing dispositive motions conflicts with the new expert disclosure and expert discovery cutoff dates;

NOW, THEREFORE, THE PARTIES, THROUGH THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNSEL, HEREBY STIPULATE AND AGREE to amend the Scheduling Order as follows:

All other requirements set forth in the Scheduling Order relating to the above shall remain unchanged, including the pre-trial and trial dates.

ORDER

Based on the parties' above-Stipulation to modify the Court's Scheduling Order (Doc. 32), and good cause appearing pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b)(4), the Court hereby GRANTS the Stipulation and modifies its September 8, 2017, Scheduling Order (Doc. 21) as follows:1

All other requirements set forth in the Scheduling Order relating to the above remain unchanged, including the pre-trial and trial dates.

IT IS SO ORDERED.