STIPULATION AND ORDER TO EXTEND TIME

BARBARA A. McAULIFFE, District Judge.

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by and between the parties, through their respective counsel, that the time for filing of Defendant's Response to Appellant's Letter Brief on Plaintiff be extended twenty (20) days from April 27, 2016 to May 17, 2016. Plaintiff's filing of his Opening Brief will be accordingly extended to June 16, 2016, Defendant's Response Brief will be extended to July 16, 2016, and Plaintiff's Reply Brief will be extended to July 31, 2016. This is Defendant's first request for an extension of time. Counsel for the Defendant needs additional time because he held a conference call concerning Plaintiff's letter brief rather than serve a response letter on Plaintiff's counsel due April 27, 2017 and failed to file a proof of service as required by the Court's Scheduling Order. Counsel for Defendant erred in calendaring the process to be followed in addressing the issues raised by Plaintiff's counsel in his letter brief, and sincerely apologizes for any inconvenience caused to the Court or to Plaintiff's counsel by this delay.

ORDER

Pursuant to the stipulation of the parties, and good cause appearing, the deadline for service of Defendant's Response to Plaintiff's Letter Brief is extended to May 17, 2016. The deadline for Plaintiff's filing of his Opening Brief is extended accordingly to June 16, 2016, the deadline for filing Defendant's Response Brief is extended to July 16, 2016, and the deadline for filing Plaintiff's Reply Brief is extended to July 31, 2016.

IT IS SO ORDERED.