CAM FERENBACH, Magistrate Judge.
Defendant Carolyn W. Colvin, Acting Commissioner of Social Security ("Defendant") respectfully requests that the Court extend the time for Defendant to file her Cross-Motion to Affirm, due on December 19, 2016 by 30 days, through and including January 18, 2016.
An extension of time is needed in order to prepare Defendant's Cross-Motion to Affirm because the undersigned attorney has only recently been cleared as a Special Assistant United States Attorney, and supervisory attorneys must review the Commissioner's brief prior to filing. The undersigned currently has 25 pending District Court and Circuit Court cases that are in various stages of litigation, handles employment and privacy matters for the agency, and is scheduled to be on vacation from December 19, 2016 through December 27, 2016. Counsel assigned to review the Commissioner's brief currently has 45 District and Circuit Court cases that are in various stages of litigation, three of which require imminent briefing, and additionally handles bankruptcy and other litigation matters for the agency. This request is made in good faith with no intention to unduly delay the proceedings.
Counsel for Defendant conferred with Plaintiff's counsel, who has no opposition to this motion, on December 7, 2016.