JOINT REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT; ORDER

[E.D. Cal. Local R. 144(a)]

KIMBERLY J. MUELLER, District Judge.

JOINT REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT

Plaintiff Sharmistha Barai, an individual, and Defendants California Department of State Hospitals — Stockton, a public agency, and Juan C. Arguello, an individual, through their respective counsels of record, hereby stipulate as follows:

A. WHEREAS, Defendants filed a Notice of Removal on December 22, 2016.

B. WHEREAS, on December 29, 2016, the parties entered into and filed an initial stipulation to a 14-day extension of time in which the Defendants would have to respond to the Complaint, in order to facilitate the parties' meet and confer efforts.

C. WHEREAS, the parties now request additional time to continue their meet and confer efforts and allow Plaintiff to file a First Amended Complaint.

NOW, THEREFORE, Plaintiff and Defendants stipulate that:

It is in the interest of judicial economy to extend the time in which Defendants may respond to Plaintiff's Complaint for Damages and Injunctive Relief be extended for 14 days to January 26, 2017.

IT IS SO STIPULATED THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.

ORDER

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION BY THE PARTIES TO THIS CASE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:

1. The time in which Defendants shall file a responsive pleading to Plaintiff's Complaint for Damages and Injunctive Relief be extended for 14 days to January 26, 2017.