JOINT STIPULATION TO CONTINUE SCHEDULING CONFERENCE; ORDER

STANLEY A. BOONE, Magistrate Judge.

Plaintiff MOSTAFA HEIDARI and Defendants BANK OF THE WEST and CHEX SYSTEMS (collectively, the "Parties"), by and through their counsel of record, hereby stipulate as follows:

1. Settlement discussions in this matter are active and ongoing. The Parties are hopeful that settlement will be reached soon so as to conserve this Court's resources and to make discovery and trial unnecessary.

2. The Parties request that the Scheduling Conference in this matter, currently set for May 14, 2013, be continued for a period of not less than thirty (30) days.

3. The Parties request that the time in which to serve initial disclosures pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a), the time in which to conduct a Rule 26(f) conference, and the time in which to file and serve a joint Rule 26(f) conference report be continued in accordance with the new date for the Scheduling Conference.

4. The Parties agree that should this Court decline to continue the Scheduling Conference, the Parties will prepare their initial disclosures, conduct a Rule 26(f) conference, and prepare a joint Rule 26(f) conference report within seven (7) days of the date on which this Court formally declines to enter this stipulation.

ORDER

The Court having read the foregoing Stipulation of the Parties and GOOD CAUSE APPEARING THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED:

The Scheduling Conference currently set for May 14, 2013, is CONTINUED TO June 18, 2013 at 2:30p.m. The parties shall file a Joint Scheduling Conference Statement (1) full week before the scheduling conference.

IT IS SO ORDERED.