STIPULATION AND ORDER TO CONTINUE HEARING AND BRIEFING SCHEDULE RE PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO STRIKE BILL OF COSTS [DOCUMENT NO. 34]

JOHN A. MENDEZ, District Judge.

WHEREAS, due to a bench trial in another matter venued before the Central District of California on January 10, 2017, counsel for Defendants FARMERS GROUP DISABILITY INCOME PLAN and LIBERTY LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF BOSTON ("Defendants") is unavailable to attend the hearing on Plaintiff NARCISIO CUARESMA, JR.'s Motion to Strike Bill of Costs (Document No. 34), currently set to be heard on January 10, 2017 at 1:30 p.m.;

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Order of the deputy clerk for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals entered on November 23, 2016 (Docket Entry 4), the parties are actively engaged in discussions with a Circuit Mediator to determine whether this case is suitable for mediation, and prefer to devote their resources to exhausting settlement discussions before further litigating Plaintiff's Motion to Strike Bill of Costs;

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between Plaintiff NARCISIO CUARESMA, JR., and Defendants FARMERS GROUP DISABILITY INCOME PLAN and LIBERTY LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF BOSTON, by and through their respective attorneys of record, that the following hearing and briefing schedule on Plaintiff's Motion to Strike Bill of Costs be adopted by the Court:

All signatories to this Stipulation, and on whose behalf the filing is submitted, concur in the Stipulation's content and have authorized its filing.

ORDER

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. The following briefing and hearing schedule on Plaintiff's Motion to Strike Bill of Costs and is hereby adopted: