JOHN A. MENDEZ, District Judge.
Plaintiff Consolidated Tribal Health Project, Inc., and Defendants United States of America, Sylvia Burwell, Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, and Mary Smith, Principal Deputy Director of the Indian Health Service, by and through their attorneys of record, hereby stipulate, subject to approval by the Court, to a further 2-month stay of proceedings in light of the fact that the parties have been fruitfully engaged in settlement discussions in this matter and have made significant progress towards that settlement, but need more time to come to resolution of these claims.
The parties also jointly ask the Court to relieve the parties of their obligation to file a joint status report until after the expiration of the 2-month stay of proceedings. If the parties are unable to resolve this matter by January 23, 2017, the defendants will file a responsive pleading to the Complaint no later than January 30, 2017, and the parties will prepare and file a joint status report no later than February 6, 2017. The parties have agreed not to exchange Initial Disclosures at this time and will address the exchange of Initial Disclosures in their joint status report if this matter is not resolved through the parties' settlement discussions.
Pursuant to stipulation, IT IS SO ORDERED.