JOINT MOTION TO RESCHEDULE SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE AND ORDER

CLAUDIA WILKEN, Chief District Judge.

On February 6, 2013, the Court granted the parties' request to refer the case to Chief Magistrate Judge Elizabeth D. Laporte for a further settlement conference on March 13, 2013. (Docket No. 505.) The parties have since been informed by Judge Laporte's chambers that Judge Laporte is not available for a settlement conference any day before the March 14, 2013 hearing on the parties' cross-motions for summary judgment (except February 20, which did not work for the 6 parties).

The parties have been informed by Judge Laporte's chambers that Judge Laporte is available for a settlement conference on a mutually agreeable date before the end of May. With the Court's permission, the parties would like to reschedule the settlement conference to a date consistent with Judge Laporte's proposal. The parties have engaged in informal settlement discussions since the April 5, 2012 hearing regarding Plaintiffs' Motion for Class Certification, and expect to continue to do so until the formal settlement conference before Judge Laporte.

ORDER

The Court hereby GRANTS the parties' Joint Motion to Reschedule the Settlement Conference. The parties shall coordinate with Chief Magistrate Judge Elizabeth D. Laporte to schedule a settlement conference before the end of May 2013.

IT IS SO ORDERED. The Magistrate Judge is requested to advise the parties of any earlier date that might become available and the parties are ordered to make themselves available earlier if at all possible.