STIPULATION FOR MODIFICATION OF DISPOSITIVE MOTIONS DEADLINE AND HEARING DATE; ORDER

SHEILA K. OBERTO, Magistrate Judge.

On October 7, 2016 the parties participated in good faith settlement discussions with Judge Seng. The discussions while fruitful were hampered by the absence of the authorization of a settlement amount by the Board of Supervisors due to insufficient time to get plaintiff's settlement demand to the Board. It is expected that plaintiff's good faith offer will be presented to the Fresno County Board of Supervisors November 1, 2016. Another settlement conference has been set with Judge Seng November 3, 2016, 9:00 a.m. However, the parties are faced with a dispositive motions deadline of October 31, 2016 requiring the investment of attorney hours and expenses, interfering with the current settlement discussions.

The parties, therefore, stipulate and agree that in the spirit of continued good faith discussions toward resolution of this litigation that the dispositive motions deadline and hearing date be reset as follows:

Dispositive motions to be filed November 21, 2016

Hearing January 4, 2017

IT IS SO STIPULATED:

ORDER

Based on the parties' stipulation, and good cause having been shown under Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b)(4), it is hereby ORDERED that the deadline for filing and hearing of dispositive motions is modified as follows:

To allow the Court adequate time to rule on dispositive motions, and for the parties to prepare their pretrial submissions, it is further ORDERED that the Pretrial Conference, currently set for January 26, 2017, is hereby CONTINUED to February 8, 2017, at 8:15 a.m. in Courtroom 4 before the Honorable Lawrence J. O'Neill, Chief United States District Judge.

This modification does not change the trial date, which remains set for March 7, 2017, at 8:30 a.m.

IT IS SO ORDERED.