STIPULATION AND ORDER TO CONTINUE DEADLINE TO FILE JOINT STATUS REPORT AND CORRESPONDING DEADLINES

MORRISON C. ENGLAND, Jr., Chief District Judge.

TO THE COURT, ALL PARTIES AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD:

Plaintiff DAVID KRUEGER, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, ("Plaintiff") and Defendant MISTRAS GROUP, INC. ("Defendant") (collectively, the "Parties"), by and through their respective counsel of record, hereby stipulate and agree as follows:

On April 10, 2015, Plaintiff filed in the California Superior Court for Kern County the above-captioned lawsuit (ECF Doc. No. 1-2);

On May 18, 2015, Defendant removed this case to U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California (ECF Doc. No. 1);

On the same day, the Court issued an Order Requiring Joint Status Report. Pursuant to this order, the deadline for the Parties to file a joint status report addressing the topics listed in said order, including a Rule 26(f) discovery plan, is July 17, 2015 (ECF Doc. No. 2);

On May 27, 2015, Defendant filed a Notice of Related Case identifying the following action filed in the California Superior Court for San Francisco County on April 13, 2015, and removed to the United States District Court for the Northern District of California on May 15, 2015: Edgar Viceral v. Mistras Group, Inc., Case No. 3:15-cv-02198-EDL ("Viceral"), currently pending before the Honorable Edward M. Chen (ECF Doc. No. 4);

The Parties agree that the parties and some of the substantive claims in this matter overlap with the parties and substantive claims in the Viceral case, and that transfer, consolidation, and/or coordination of the two matters before a single Court is appropriate. The Parties are working diligently to address this issue and are negotiating regarding how to proceed. Extending the upcoming deadlines preserves both the Parties' and the Court's resources and promotes efficiency. The Parties will have a greater ability to fully discuss ADR options and to adequately conduct a Rule 26(f) conference after the cases are transferred and/or consolidated or coordinated.

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by and between the Parties hereto, through their respective counsel of record, as follows:

The Joint Status Report and corresponding meet and confer and other related deadlines should be continued thirty (30 ) days from the July 17, 2015 Joint Status Report deadline, until August 17, 2015, or as soon thereafter as practicable to allow for transfer and/or consolidation or coordination with the Viceral action.

ORDER

Having reviewed the foregoing stipulation, and good cause appearing, the Joint Status Report and corresponding meet and confer and other related deadlines shall be continued thirty (30) days from the July 17, 2015 Joint Status Report deadline, until August 17, 2015, or as soon thereafter as practicable to allow for transfer and/or consolidation or coordination with Edgar Viceral v. Mistras Group, Inc., Case No. 3:15-cv-02198-EDL.

IT IS SO ORDERED.