ORDER

(Substitution of Counsel — Dkt. ##39, 40, 41)

(Stip to Extend — Dkt. #42)

PEGGY A. LEEN, Magistrate Judge.

This matter is before the court on three Motions to Substitute Attorneys (Dkt. ##39, 40, 41). The first Motion (Dkt. #39), filed May 3, 2012, seeks to substitute Michael A. Olsen in the place and stead of Michael V. Infuso as counsel for Defendant Suzanne Youles. The second Motion (Dkt. #40), filed May 4, 2012, seeks to substitute Albert G. Marquis and David T. Duncan in the place and stead of Michael V. Infuso as counsel for Defendant Capital Insight Partners. The third Motion (Dkt. #41) seeks to substitute Randal D. Shimon and Curtiss S. Chamberlain in the place and stead of Michael V. Infuso as counsel for Defendant Vicki Gilman.

LR IA 10-6(c) requires that any stipulation to substitute attorneys shall be by leave of court and shall bear the signature of the attorneys and the client represented. It provides that the signature of an attorney to substitute into a case "constitutes an express acceptance of all dates then set for pretrial proceedings, for trial or hearing, by the discovery plan, or in any court order." LR IA 10-6(d) also provides that the substitution of an attorney "shall not alone be reason for delay of pretrial proceedings, discovery, the trial, or any hearing in this case." Plaintiff filed its Complaint (Dkt. #1) on February 24, 2012. Defendants' have filed a Stipulation (Dkt. #42), seeking to extend their answer deadline until May 21, 2012, based on these substitutions.

Having reviewed and considered the matter,

IT IS ORDERED: