STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO CONTINUE CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE AND RELATED DEADLINES, AND TO STAY PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO REMAND AND DEFENDANTS' TIME TO RESPOND AS MODIFIED

VINCE CHHABRIA, District Judge.

WHEREAS, counsel for Plaintiff Rimanpreet Uppal also represents the named plaintiffs in four other separate, but related class action cases: Sharobiem v. CVS Pharmacy, Inc., Case No. CV 13-9426-GHK; Bystrom v. CVS Pharmacy, Inc., Case No. CV 13-09424-GHK; Paksy v. CVS Pharmacy, Inc., Case No. CV 13-09425-GHK; and Connell v. CVS Pharmacy, Inc., No. CV 13-09410-GHK.

WHEREAS, pursuant to the stipulation of the Parties, the Court previously stayed Plaintiff's pending Motion to Remand and Defendants' time to respond to said motion in this matter.

WHEREAS, the Parties have agreed to a mediation of this matter and other related cases, including Sharobiem v. CVS Pharmacy, Inc., Case No. CV 13-9426-GHK; Bystrom v. CVS Pharmacy, Inc., Case No. CV 13-09424-GHK; Paksy v. CVS Pharmacy, Inc., Case No. CV 13-09425-GHK; and Connell v. CVS Pharmacy, Inc., No. CV 13-09410-GHK, which has been scheduled for November 14, 2014 in San Francisco with mediator Mark S. Rudy, Esq.

WHEREAS, the Ninth Circuit has not yet rendered a decision regarding Defendants' petition for permission to appeal the Central District's orders granting remand in Connell, Bystrom, and Paksy.

WHEREAS, the Parties seek to seek to resolve the issue of this case's removal efficiently and without unnecessary expenditure of the Court's resources.

THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by the Parties and their respective counsel of record:

That the Initial Case Management Conference presently set for September 16, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. be continued to a date sixty days after the November 14, 2014, and that all corresponding deadlines provided by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the Civil Local Rules of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, and the Court's Order Setting Initial Case Management Conference (Dkt. No. 7) be continued accordingly;

That Plaintiff's motion to remand, and Defendants' corresponding time to oppose Plaintiff's motion, be stayed for sixty days after the November 14, 2014 mediation in this matter;

That this Stipulation be accepted as the Parties' further status report contemplated by the Parties previous stipulation and the Court's order thereon.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

[PROPOSED] ORDER AS MODIFIED

The case management conference is rescheduled to January 13, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. A joint case management conference statement is due no later than January 6, 2015.

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.