ORDER VACATING SCHEDULING CONFERENCE AND SETTING STATUS CONFERENCE

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JENNIFER L. THURSTON, Magistrate Judge.

Having met and conferred, the Parties hereby submit that good cause exists to modify the Court's Order Setting Mandatory Scheduling Conference (ECF No. 5), as required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16(b)(4). On August 24, 2016, the Parties mediated and are now in the process of preparing a stipulation of settlement.

The Parties hereby stipulate as follows:

1. The scheduling conference on September 26, 2016, is hereby stricken, along with the deadline for submitting a joint scheduling report.

2. The Parties have reached a tentative settlement in this case and in the matter of Arredondo et al. v. Delano Farms Co. et al. (Case No. 1:09-cv-01247-MJS) ("Arredondo"). The Parties are working on a joint stipulation of settlement that is anticipated to address this case as well as the Arredondo case; the Parties expect that further proceedings concerning approval of the global settlement will occur in the Arredondo case at the conclusion of which, this case will be dismissed. Subject to the Court's approval, the Parties propose to report to this Court on their progress in a telephonic status conference, to take place within ninety days from entry of this order.

SO STIPULATED:

ORDER

Based upon the foregoing, the Court ORDERS:

1. The scheduling conference is VACATED;

2. The Court sets a status conference re: settlement on December 2, 2016 at 8:30 a.m. at the United States Courthouse, located at 510 19th Street, Bakersfield, CA. Appearances via CourtCall are authorized;

3. No later than November 23, 2016, counsel SHALL file a joint report setting forth the status of the efforts to resolve this matter. Counsel are advised that the Court expects that the plaintiff will file the motion for preliminary approval of the class settlement no later than 30 days from the status conference if, indeed, it will settle. Counsel SHALL use all efforts to posture this case to meet that deadline.

IT IS SO ORDERED.