STIPULATION AND ORDER EXTENDING DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING PETITION FOR ATTORNEY'S FEES AND COSTS AND RULE 50(b) MOTION

BENJAMIN H. SETTLE, District Judge.

STIPULATION

The parties hereby stipulate to and move the Court for an order staying the deadline for plaintiff to submit petitions for attorney's fees and costs pursuant to Title VII and RCW 49.60, as well as other post-trial relief, and for defendants to file a Fed. R. Civ. P. 50(b) motion. The reason the parties request that these deadlines be stayed is that the parties are going to engage in alternative dispute resolution to attempt to resolve all outstanding matters with respect to plaintiff's claims in this lawsuit. By extending these deadlines, the Court will allow the parties to engage in mediation without incurring possibly unnecessary attorney's fees and costs. The parties would propose that, in the event mediation is unsuccessful, the deadline to file plaintiff's petitions attorney's fees and costs, and other post-trial relief, and defendants' Rule 50(b) motion be 28 days from the date of the mediation. This stipulated order is effective only if it has been entered in the docket as an order of the Court no later than noon on May 12, 2014.

ORDER

Based on the foregoing stipulation, it is hereby ordered, adjudged and decreed that the deadline to file plaintiff's petitions for attorney's fees and costs and other post-trial relief, and defendants' Rule 50(b) motion is 28 days from the date of the planned mediation. This stipulated order is effective only if it has been entered in the docket as an order of the Court no later than noon on May 12, 2014.