STIPULATION TO CONTINUE CASE DEADLINES PENDING CONTINUED SETTLEMENT NEGOTIATIONS

RICHARD SEEBORG, District Judge.

WHEREAS, on November 6, 2017, the Parties participated in a private mediation before The Honorable Edward A. Infante (Ret.);

WHEREAS, the Parties were able to make progress on several key settlement terms during the course of the mediation;

WHEREAS, the Parties believe that they will benefit from continued settlement negotiations and are nearing resolution of the case;

WHEREAS, in the near term, Plaintiff is required to submit a reply in support of his motion for partial summary adjudication on November 14, 2017 and a hearing on the motion is currently scheduled for December 6, 2017;

WHEREAS, the parties are also scheduled to appear at a case management conference on December 7, 2017;

WHEREAS, the Parties believe it would be better to conserve time and resources continuing to negotiate a settlement and finalizing a written settlement agreement if they reach agreement on the material terms;

WHEREAS, pursuant to Local Civil Rule 6-1(b), a Court order is necessary to extend the briefing schedule;

WHEREAS, the postponement will not impact any other scheduled dates;

WHEREAS, only one other time modification has been requested on this motion;

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS STIPULATED, by and between the undersigned parties, through their respective counsel of record, pursuant to Rule 6 and Local Civil Rules 6-1(b) and 2(a), that Plaintiff shall file his reply in support of his motion for partial summary judgment on December 21, 2017, and the parties shall appear on January 4, 2018 at 1:30 for the hearing on that motion and the case management conference.

Pursuant to Local Civil Rule 6-2(a), and GOOD CAUSE APPEARING THEREFOR, the stipulated schedule set forth above is hereby adopted.

IT IS SO ORDERED.