STIPULATION AND ORDER RE EXTENSION OF TIME TO ANSWER OR OTHERWISE RESPOND TO COMPLAINT

(Local Rule 144)

GARY S. AUSTIN, Magistrate Judge.

Plaintiff Del Real, LLC and Defendants Governor Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General Kamala D. Harris and State of California (collectively "Defendants," and together with Plaintiff, the "Parties"), by and through their respective counsel, hereby stipulate and agree as follows:

WHEREAS, on October 11, 2012, Plaintiff filed its Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief;

WHEREAS, on October 25, 2012, the Parties stipulated to a 21-day extension of time for Defendants to answer or otherwise respond to Plaintiff's Complaint;

WHEREAS, the last day for Defendants to answer or otherwise respond to Plaintiff's Complaint currently is December 3, 2012;

WHEREAS, given the press of other matters and resource constraints, Defendants' counsel requires an additional 14 days to adequately answer or otherwise respond to Plaintiff's Complaint. Counsel for Defendants is the sole attorney assigned to this matter and is engaged in, inter alia, opposing two motions for preliminary injunctions of a duly enacted state statute in the District Court for the Eastern District of California in Welch v. Brown, Case No. 2:12-cv-02484-WBS, and Pickup v. Brown, Case No. 2:12-cv-02497-KJM. These motions will be heard on November 30, 2012 and December 3, 2012;

WHEREAS, the Parties agree to an additional extension of 14 days;

THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, it is hereby stipulated that: Defendants' last day to answer or otherwise respond to Plaintiff's Complaint shall be December 17, 2012.

IT IS SO ORDERED.