JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER EXTENDING DEADLINES

DALE A. DROZD, Magistrate Judge.

WHEREAS, this action is proceeding on Plaintiffs' second amended complaint, filed October 20, 2006;

WHEREAS, the action was stayed by order filed March 15, 2007;

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs filed a motion to lift the stay on September 19, 2012;

WHEREAS, on October 19, 2012, the Court denied Plaintiffs' motion without prejudice to its renewal, as appropriate, not later than March 1, 2013, and the parties were directed to meet and confer on four topics related to the resolution of issues disputed in this matter within the Coleman v. Brown, Case No. 90-cv-520-LKK-JFM (E.D. Cal.) ("Coleman") remedial process (ECF No. 102);

WHEREAS, on March 1, 2013, Plaintiffs filed a renewed motion to lift the stay;

WHEREAS, on April 12, 2013, the Court denied Plaintiffs' motion "without prejudice to its renewal, as appropriate, not later than September 5, 2013" (ECF No. 107);

WHEREAS, also on April 12, 2013, the Court ordered the parties to continue to meet and confer on the four topics, and to complete the meet and confer by August 16, 2013;

WHEREAS, also on April 12, 2013, the Court ordered that any renewed Plaintiffs' motion to lift the stay be "accompanied by a joint report by the parties and approved by the Coleman special master" addressing the four topics;

WHEREAS, the parties met and conferred on the four topics within the deadline set forth by the Court, and memorialized their meet and confer in a Joint Status Report that was approved and reviewed by Special Master Matthew Lopes and filed with the Court on September 5, 2013;

WHEREAS, on September 13, 2013, per the parties' stipulation dated September 5, 2013, the Court ordered that the deadline for Plaintiffs' motion to lift the stay be extended to December 31, 2013;

WHEREAS, on January 3, 2014, per the parties' stipulation dated December 19, 2013, the Court ordered that the deadline for Plaintiffs' motion to lift the stay be extended to February 28, 2014;

WHEREAS, the parties are continuing to make progress with the assistance of the Coleman Special Master on certain disputed issues in this case;

WHEREAS, the parties wish to continue their efforts and to provide a short extension of the current deadline;

THEREFORE, the parties hereby stipulate to the extending of any deadline for Plaintiffs to renew their motion to lift the stay until March 14, 2014.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

ORDER

IT IS SO ORDERED.