STIPULATION AND ORDER TO CONTINUE RULE 26(f) DISCOVERY CONFERENCE PENDING RESOLUTION OF MOTION TO DISMISS

SHEILA K. OBERTO, Magistrate Judge.

WHEREAS, Plaintiff Dr. Gulamnabi Vahora ("Plaintiff" or "Dr. Vahora") filed his Complaint in the above-captioned case on October 26, 2016 (Dkt. No. 1);

WHEREAS, Defendants Valley Diagnostic Laboratory, Inc. ("VDL"), Sheikh M. Masood ("Masood") and Naeem Mujtaba Qarni ("Naeem," or together with VDL and Masood, "Moving Defendants") filed their Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff's Complaint on January 9, 2017 (Dkt. No 8);

WHEREAS, the Court vacated the Motion to Dismiss hearing set for February 15, 2017 and will issue a written decision on the Motion to Dismiss without the need for oral argument (Dkt. No. 14);

WHEREAS, on February 14, 2017, the Court continued the Initial Scheduling Conference set for February 3, 2017 to April 4, 2017 at 10:30 a.m. due to the pending Motion to Dismiss, (Dkt. No. 15); and

WHEREAS, the parties desire to continue the Rule 26(f) discovery conference in this case pending the Court's entry of its order on the Motion to Dismiss in this case.

THEREFORE, the parties hereby agree and stipulate that, subject to the Court's approval, the parties' deadline to complete the Rule 26(f) discovery conference in this case shall be continued until seven (7) calendar days after the Court enters its order on the pending Motion to Dismiss to Plaintiff's Complaint.

ORDER

Pursuant to the parties' "Stipulation to Continue Rule 26(f) Discovery Conference Pending Resolution of Motion to Dismiss" (Doc. 22), and good cause appearing, the Court hereby CONTINUES the Scheduling Conference to May 23, 2017, at 10:30 a.m. in Courtroom 7 before Magistrate Judge Sheila K. Oberto. The parties shall file their Joint Scheduling Report by no later than May 16, 2017.

IT IS SO ORDERED.