STIPULATION AND ORDER TO EXTEND DEADLINES

MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR., District Judge.

WHEREAS, Defendants Merz North America, Inc. and Ulthera, Inc. ("Defendants") responded to the Complaint on November 21, 2017, by filing a Motion to Dismiss (see Docket, Doc. No. 12);

WHEREAS, on January 11, 2018, Plaintiffs Marilyn Echols and Georgia Tryan ("Plaintiffs") filed an opposition to the Motion to Dismiss (see Docket, Doc. No. 21), and on January 18, 2018, Defendants filed their reply brief (see Docket, Doc. No. 22);

WHEREAS, on November 27, 2017, the Court entered a Minute Order vacating the hearing date and submitting the motion without argument (see Docket, Doc. No. 15), and the Parties are awaiting the Court's ruling on the Motion to Dismiss;

WHEREAS, on December 14, 2017, Plaintiffs and Defendants ("the Parties") filed their Joint Discovery Plan Following Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(f) Conference (see Docket, Doc. No. 16);

WHEREAS, the Parties have exchanged their initial disclosures pursuant to Rule 26(a)(1) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure; have entered into a Stipulated Protective Order, which was entered on January 5, 2018 (see Docket, Doc. No. 20); and have entered into a Stipulation Regarding the Discovery of Electronically Stored Information, which was entered on January 5, 2018 (see Docket, Doc. No. 21);

WHEREAS, the Parties have served on one another requests for the production of documents and have met and conferred concerning the scope of production;

WHEREAS, the Parties agree that the scope of relevant documents and other discovery may be materially impacted by any ruling on the Motion to Dismiss, and that for the sake of efficiency the Parties wish to await the Court's ruling on the Motion to Dismiss before producing documents;

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Initial Pretrial Scheduling Order (see Docket, Doc. No. 5), the current discovery cut-off, excluding expert discovery, is September 29, 2018;

THE PARTIES HEREBY STIPULATE AND AGREE that the close of discovery, excluding expert discovery, shall be 270 days after the Defendants file an Answer to the Complaint or to any amended complaint subsequently filed as a result of the Court's ruling on the Motion to Dismiss.

IT IS SO ORDERED.