STIPULATION AND ORDER TO STAY CASE AND REQUEST FOR SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE

ECF No. 25

JENNIFER A. DORSEY, District Judge.

Plaintiff GARY MILLER, and Defendants NYE COUNTY, and DEPUTY JOHN TOLLE, by and through their respective counsel of record, hereby stipulate to the following:

1. The Parties hereby agree and stipulate to attend a settlement conference with an assigned Magistrate Judge, other than the currently assigned Magistrate Judge Daniel J. Albregts, in accordance with this Court's referral, and request that the Court order that a settlement conference be conducted.

2. The Parties also hereby agree and stipulate to stay discovery and the other deadlines set forth in the operative Order setting dates for this matter (ECF No. 11) until such time as the parties conclude the proposed settlement conference.

3. The stay of discovery and other deadlines will allow the parties to explore the possibility of settlement through a settlement conference, without incurring the time and expense of full-blown discovery prior to the settlement conference. To date, the parties have engaged in written discovery and document productions.

4. Within fifteen (15) days after completion of the settlement conference, if it is not successful, the parties will submit new discovery deadlines, including the discovery cutoff deadline (providing ample time to complete written discovery and depositions), deadline for filing dispositive motions, and the deadline for filing the Joint Pretrial Order. The applicable dates will be extended for the commensurate time period that they were stayed.

5. The Parties hereby agree and request that this Court refer the instant matter to a Magistrate Judge, other than the currently assigned Magistrate Judge, Daniel J. Albregts, for a settlement conference.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.