STIPULATION FOR AN EXTENSION OF TIME TO SUBMIT THE PARTIES' JOINT STATUS REPORT

[Local Rule 144(a)]

JOHN A. MENDEZ, District Judge.

Pursuant to Local Rule 144(a), Plaintiff KEMPER INDEPENDENCE INSURANCE COMPANY ("Plaintiff") and Defendant ROBERT KEMPLEY ("Defendant"), through their respective counsel, hereby stipulate as follows:

1. This action was filed on August 27, 2018. The same day, the Court issued its order (ECF No. 005) requiring the parties to confer as required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(f) and to prepare and submit to the Court a joint status report within sixty (60) days of service of the complaint.

2. Plaintiff served Defendant with the complaint on October 30, 2018. Pursuant to stipulation under Local Rule 144(a), Defendant filed his answer to the complaint on December 4, 2018.

3. On December 20, 2018, counsel for Plaintiff contacted defense counsel to schedule a telephonic Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(f) conference. Given the holiday season, the parties agreed to complete the Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(f) conference by no later than January 11, 2019.

4. Plaintiff's counsel inadvertently mis-calendared and overlooked the December 30, 2018 deadline for filing a Joint Status Report pursuant to the August 27, 2018 Order Requiring Service of Process and Joint Status Report. Only after the deadline had passed did Plaintiff's counsel realize its mistake, and promptly contacted defense counsel to prepare the stipulation herein.

5. Under the circumstances, the parties hereby stipulate and request that the Court extend the time for filing of a Joint Status Report January 29, 2019 to submit a joint status report so that the parties may meaningfully meet and confer and prepare an appropriate report.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION:

IT IS ORDERED that the parties shall submit a joint status report by no later than January 29, 2019 addressing the matters set forth in the Court's August 27, 2018 Order Requiring Service of Process and Joint Status Report.