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Summary: STIPULATION FOR LIMITED EXTENSION OF JOINT STATUS REPORT DEADLINE AND [PROPOSED] ORDER JAMES L. ROBART , District Judge . STIPULATION The parties hereby stipulate and jointly request that the Court grant a two-week extension of the Joint Status Report deadline from July 14, 2017 to July 28, 2017. Good cause exists for the extension as described herein. On April 27, 2017, Plaintiffs Earl Beard and Alexis Lopez filed a Collective Action Complaint. Dkt. No. 1. On May 3, 2017, Plaintif
Summary: STIPULATION FOR LIMITED EXTENSION OF JOINT STATUS REPORT DEADLINE AND [PROPOSED] ORDER JAMES L. ROBART , District Judge . STIPULATION The parties hereby stipulate and jointly request that the Court grant a two-week extension of the Joint Status Report deadline from July 14, 2017 to July 28, 2017. Good cause exists for the extension as described herein. On April 27, 2017, Plaintiffs Earl Beard and Alexis Lopez filed a Collective Action Complaint. Dkt. No. 1. On May 3, 2017, Plaintiff..
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STIPULATION FOR LIMITED EXTENSION OF JOINT STATUS REPORT DEADLINE AND [PROPOSED] ORDER
JAMES L. ROBART, District Judge.
STIPULATION
The parties hereby stipulate and jointly request that the Court grant a two-week extension of the Joint Status Report deadline from July 14, 2017 to July 28, 2017. Good cause exists for the extension as described herein.
On April 27, 2017, Plaintiffs Earl Beard and Alexis Lopez filed a Collective Action Complaint. Dkt. No. 1. On May 3, 2017, Plaintiffs filed the opt-in consent forms of Craig Baham and Robert Van Horn. Dkt. No. 7. On June 9, 2017, the Court entered an Order Regarding Initial Disclosures, Joint Status Report and Early Statement, which set a deadline of July 14, 2017 for the parties' Joint Status Report, among other deadlines. Dkt. No. 15.
On June 22, 2017, the parties participated in a telephone conference pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(f) and were prepared to discuss a draft Joint Status Report. At that time, Plaintiffs indicated that they did not expect other opt-in plaintiffs to join the action because the potential claims of other potential claimants had already been resolved. The parties participated in a follow-up conference on June 27, 2017. As a result of these discussions, Plaintiffs filed a First Amended Complaint on June 29, 2017. Dkt. No. 19. The First Amended Complaint identified Beard, Lopez, Baham, and Van Horn as named Plaintiffs and removed Plaintiffs' collective and class action allegations. This amendment changed the scope of the case and the draft Joint Status Report that the parties had been discussing.
Further, the parties have been engaged in extensive discussions in an attempt to resolve this entire matter. The parties respectfully request that the Court allow a brief two-week extension of the Joint Status Report deadline so that the parties can complete their discussions and avoid incurring unnecessary expense and the time and resources of the Court. This extension will not affect any other deadlines in the case.
IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.
ORDER
Pursuant to the parties' agreement, it is hereby ORDERED that:
1. The Stipulation for Limited Extension of Joint Status Report Deadline is GRANTED.
2. The parties' Joint Status Report shall be due on July 28, 2017.
