JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER CONTINUING THE PARTIES' DEADLINE TO FILE A VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL BY STIPULATION

GARY S. AUSTIN, Magistrate Judge.

This Stipulation is entered into by and between plaintiff ST. PAUL FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY on the one hand, and defendant STEADFAST INSURANCE COMPANY on the other hand. (Plaintiff and defendant are collectively referred to as the "Parties")

WHEREAS, on February 4, 2015, plaintiff filed with this Court a Notice of Settlement with Steadfast that indicated that the Parties intended to file a stipulated motion for dismissal within sixty days;

WHEREAS, the Parties have finalized the settlement agreement: the only step of the settlement remaining is the payment of the agreed settlement;

WHEREAS, Steadfast states that it now has the settlement draft in its possession and that Steadfast will provide the settlement payment to St. Paul Fire this week;

WHEREAS, the Parties expect that the settlement will be completed within the next 30 days;

THEREFORE, the Parties stipulate and agree that in order to give the Parties additional time to finalize their settlement agreement, the deadline to file dismissal documents should be continued for an additional 30 days to May 7, 2015.

WHEREFORE, the undersigned have executed this Stipulation on the dates indicated below:

SO STIPULATED.

ORDER

Based on the stipulation between the parties, the deadline for plaintiff ST. PAUL FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY and defendant STEADFAST INSURANCE COMPANY to file dismissal documents is hereby continued to May 7, 2015.

IT IS SO ORDERED.