STIPULATION AND ORDER EXTENDING CERTAIN PRETRIAL DEADLINES

ROBERT S. LASNIK, District Judge.

COME NOW the parties, and respectfully agree and request that the Court extend the deadline for certain pretrial deadlines, in particular, but not solely, the deadline for expert disclosures and the discovery deadline. Currently, pursuant to the Amended Order Setting Trial Dates and Related Dates, this matter is set for trial on June 3, 2019. Disclosure of expert testimony under FRCP 26(a) (2) is due by January 6, 2019, and discovery must be completed by February 21, 2019. Other dates are set forth therein. See Docket Order No. 55.

The parties request a 21 day extension of all dates, with the exception of the trial date. The parties will confer further and will consult with the Court should the parties or a party determine that an extension of the trial date is necessary. Accordingly, the deadline for disclosure of expert testimony would be January 28, 2019, and discovery would be completed by March 14, 2019. These extensions are necessitated by the lapse in funding for the Department of Justice ("DOJ") and certain other Executive departments and agencies. During the lapse in funding DOJ attorneys are prohibited from working except under certain circumstances which are not met here. The parties cannot predict when the lapse in funding will end, but are only requesting this relatively brief extension at this point.

Accordingly, the parties agree and respectfully request that the Court order this extension of the expert disclosure deadline, discovery deadline and other pretrial deadlines.

ORDER

Pursuant to the foregoing Stipulation, it is hereby

ORDERED, ADJUDGED and DECREED that the deadline for the disclosure of expert witnesses is extended from January 6, 2019 through January 28, 2019 (rebuttal reports due 30 days thereafter) and discovery also is extended from February 21, 2019 through March 14, 2019. All other dates in the current scheduling order are extended by 21 days, with the exception of the trial date.