Filed: Oct. 18, 2016
Latest Update: Oct. 18, 2016
Summary: JOINT REQUEST TO VACATE CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE AND EXTEND DATE FOR RESPONSIVE PLEADING; [PROPOSED] ORDER KANDIS A. WESTMORE , Magistrate Judge . The parties, through their undersigned attorneys, have cooperatively worked towards settlement of this Freedom of Information Act action and anticipate that it will be resolved in the next few weeks. Defendants have made several productions of agency records and have only one request for information that remains outstanding. Defendants ar
Summary: JOINT REQUEST TO VACATE CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE AND EXTEND DATE FOR RESPONSIVE PLEADING; [PROPOSED] ORDER KANDIS A. WESTMORE , Magistrate Judge . The parties, through their undersigned attorneys, have cooperatively worked towards settlement of this Freedom of Information Act action and anticipate that it will be resolved in the next few weeks. Defendants have made several productions of agency records and have only one request for information that remains outstanding. Defendants are..
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JOINT REQUEST TO VACATE CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE AND EXTEND DATE FOR RESPONSIVE PLEADING; [PROPOSED] ORDER
KANDIS A. WESTMORE, Magistrate Judge.
The parties, through their undersigned attorneys, have cooperatively worked towards settlement of this Freedom of Information Act action and anticipate that it will be resolved in the next few weeks. Defendants have made several productions of agency records and have only one request for information that remains outstanding. Defendants are working diligently to complete their production of agency records in response to this request, and anticipate that they will be able to complete production by the end of the month. Accordingly, the parties hereby stipulate and request pursuant to Civ. L.R. 6-2 and 7-12 that: (1) the Case Management Conference currently scheduled for October 25, 2016, at 1:30 p.m. be vacated; and (2) the Government's deadline to file a responsive pleading be extended to November 30, 2016. The Court has reset the Case Management Conference and Answer date on two prior occasions, and the parties have stipulated to three one-month extensions of the Answer date as they continue to collaboratively work to resolve this matter.
At this time, Defendants believe that production will be completed in October, but the parties will need additional time to negotiate Plaintiffs' request for attorneys' fees. Defendants' responsive pleading is currently due on October 31, 2016. The parties will work towards completing the remaining production and resolving the request for attorneys' fees in time to file a stipulated dismissal of the case by November 30, 2016. The parties will notify the Court if additional time is needed to resolve the case. If any party subsequently determines that a Case Management Conference is necessary, that party will notify the Court.
A proposed order is attached.
[PROPOSED] ORDER
Pursuant to stipulation, it is so ordered that the Case Management Conference currently set for October 25, 2016, is hereby vacated. Defendants' responsive pleading is due November 30, 2016.
SO ORDERED.
