JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER TO EXTEND TIME FOR DEFENDANT BCSFM, LLC, TO RESPOND TO THE COMPLAINT

TROY L. NUNLEY, District Judge.

TO THE HONORABLE TROY L. NUNLEY, AND ALL OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES:

Pursuant to Local Rule 144, Defendant BCSFM, LLC ("Defendant") and Plaintiff DAVID KEITH ("Plaintiff"), by and through their attorneys of record, hereby stipulate as follows:

WHEREAS Plaintiff filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, Case No. 2:18-cv-02273-TLN-EFB ("Complaint"), on August 21, 2018, and served Defendant on or about February 8, 2019 (ECF Nos. 1, 6);

WHEREAS the deadline for Defendant to respond to the Complaint is March 1, 2019 based on Plaintiff's Proof of Service (ECF No. 6);

WHEREAS Defendant has only recently retained counsel in this matter, and requests additional time to review the Complaint, assess its responses, and prepare responsive pleadings;

WHEREAS Plaintiff and Defendant have met and conferred and agreed to stipulate to an extension of time for Defendant to file and serve a responsive pleading up to and including April 8, 2019;

WHEREAS Plaintiff and Defendant agree that the requested extension is not requested for purposes of delay and will not result in any prejudice to the parties or alter the date of any event of any deadline already fixed by Court order, local rules, or the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure;

WHEREAS this is the only extension of time to respond to the Complaint Defendant has received;

WHEREAS, no discovery cut-off, pretrial conference, or trial date has been set;

Plaintiff and Defendant have reached the following stipulation:

STIPULATION

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED between Plaintiffs and Defendant, through counsel, as follows:

That the deadline for Defendant to respond to the Complaint shall be April 8, 2019.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

ORDER

The Court, having reviewed the stipulation of the parties, and good cause appearing therefor,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED as follows:

That the deadline for Defendant to respond to the Complaint shall be April 8, 2019.