JOINT STATUS REPORT AND STIPULATED ORDER STAYING DISCOVERY

JOHN A. MENDEZ, District Judge.

In accordance with the Court's Minute Order of April 3, 2017, Plaintiff Efrain Palacios and Defendants DBI Beverage Inc. and DBI Beverage San Joaquin provide the following joint case status update and proposed stipulated order staying discovery.

Plaintiff filed his Class Action Complaint on January 9, 2017, alleging a claim under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1681, et seq. The Parties submitted their Joint Status Report and Proposed Joint Discovery Plan on March 31, 2017. The Parties' Proposed Joint Discovery Plan indicated the Parties' desire to pursue private mediation.

On April 25, 2017, this action was successfully mediated in Sacramento, California with the Honorable Frank C. Damrell, and a class action settlement of Plaintiff's claim was agreed to in principle. The Parties are currently in the process of memorializing and executing a formal settlement agreement.

To allow the Parties time to reduce this agreement to writing and to draft corollary documents including appropriate notice to the settlement class, the Parties jointly propose to stay discovery in this matter and to file a Motion for Preliminary Approval of the settlement no later than June 12, 2017.

Accordingly, consistent with the Parties' agreement and, in the interest of judicial and litigant economy, the Court hereby orders:

a) That discovery in this matter is stayed; and

b) That the Parties shall file a Motion for Preliminary Approval of the settlement no later than June 12, 2017.

IT IS SO ORDERED.