STIPULATION AND ORDER TO EXTEND TIME TO RESPOND TO FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT

JOHN A. MENDEZ, District Judge.

WHEREAS, plaintiff Thomas Drawdy ("Plaintiff") filed his Complaint For Violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, 47 U.S.C. § 227 et seq. ("Complaint") on February 21, 2013;

WHEREAS, defendant HSBC Mortgage Corporation (USA), erroneously sued as HSBC North America Inc. ("Defendant"), accepted service of the Complaint on March 6, 2013;

WHEREAS, Defendant moved to dismiss the Complaint on April 8, 2013;

WHEREAS, Plaintiff filed his First Amended Complaint ("FAC") on April 22, 2013;

WHEREAS, counsel for Defendant accepted service of the FAC on April 22, 2013;

WHEREAS, Defendant filed a Notice of Substitution of Attorney on May 6, 2013 substituting in the above named attorneys of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP as counsel (Dkt. No. 11);

WHEREAS, this Court granted the substitution on May 7, 2013 (Dkt. No. 12);

WHEREAS, the deadline for Defendant to respond to Plaintiff's FAC currently is May 9, 2013;

WHEREAS, Plaintiff has agreed to grant Defendant an extension of time to respond to the FAC up to and including May 17, 2013;

WHEREAS, pursuant to Local Rule 144, the parties may seek an extension of time to respond to a complaint by stipulation;

WHEREAS, the extension proposed herein will not alter the date of any event or any deadline already fixed by Court order.

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by and between Plaintiff and Defendant, through their respective counsel of record, that the time for Defendant to respond to the FAC shall be extended to May 17, 2013.

IT IS SO ORDERED.