JOINT STIPULATED REQUEST AND PROPOSED ORDER FOR AN EXTENSION OF TIME FOR DEFENDANTS TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT PURSUANT TO CIVIL LOCAL RULE 6-2

EDWARD M. CHEN, District Judge.

Defendants Jack Zhai, James Lee, and Cepheus Biosciences, Inc. (collectively "Defendants") and Plaintiff AllCells, LLC ("Plaintiff"), through their undersigned attorneys, hereby stipulate and, pursuant to Local Rule 6-2, jointly request an order from the Court for an extension of time for Defendants to file their Answer and Counterclaims from April 10, 2017 to April 24, 2017.

JOINT DECLARATION OF THE PARTIES:

WHEREAS, Defendants' Answer and Counterclaims are due on April 10, 2017, 10 days after the Court's Order (D.I. 102) on Defendants' Motion to Dismiss,

WHEREAS, the parties are currently pursuing settlement discussions and mutually agree that an extension of the deadline for Defendants to file their Answer and Counterclaims to April 24, 2017 is necessary to continue having productive settlement discussions,

WHEREAS, the parties agree that the requested time modification would have no effect on the other deadlines and schedule for the case,

THEREFORE, it is hereby STIPULATED that upon the Court's order pursuant to Civil Local Rule 6-2, the deadline for Defendants to file their Answer and Counterclaims is extended to and including April 24, 2017.

Having considered the foregoing joint stipulated request, and finding that good cause exists for an extension of the deadline for Defendants to file their Answer and Counterclaims to April 24, 2017,

PURSUANT TO THE JOINT STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

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