JOINT STIPULATION EXTENDING TIME FOR DEFENDANTS TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT AND ORDER THEREON [Local Rule 144(a)]

JOHN A. MENDEZ, District Judge.

Pursuant to Local Rule 144(a), Plaintiff California Fire Chiefs Association, Inc. and Defendants Howard Backer and Daniel Smiley, by and through their respective counsel, hereby stipulate to grant Defendants additional time to respond to Plaintiff's Complaint as set forth below:

WHEREAS, Plaintiff filed a Complaint on January 18, 2017 naming Howard Backer and Daniel Smiley, in their official capacities, as Defendants in this action;

WHEREAS, on January 31, 2017, Plaintiff served Defendants with a Waiver of Summons and Complaint;

WHEREAS, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(a)(1)(A)(ii), Defendants' response to Plaintiff's Complaint is due April 3, 2017;

WHEREAS, the parties joint status report is due on April 3, 2017;

WHEREAS, Defendants require additional time in which to respond to Plaintiff's Complaint;

WHEREAS, the parties request additional time in which to file a joint status report;

WHEREAS, in the interest of justice and in an effort to enhance judicial efficiency and preserve resources, Plaintiff agrees to grant Defendants twenty-one (21) days additional time in which to respond to the Complaint and the parties agree to extend the time to file a joint status report until fourteen (14) days after defendant files an answer to the complaint or the Court issues an Order on defendants' motion to dismiss;

WHEREAS, the extension sought will not alter any other date of any event or deadline already fixed by Court Order.

NOW THEREFORE, THE PARTIES HEREBY STIPULATE AND AGREE that the time in which Defendants shall respond to the Complaint in this action shall be continued twenty-one days (21) days until April 24, 2017 and the time for the parties to file a joint status report shall be continued until fourteen (14) days after defendant files an answer to the complaint or the Court issues an order on defendants' motion to dismiss.

ORDER THEREON

Based on the Parties' above Joint Stipulation, IT IS HEREBY SO ORDERED THAT the Defendants' time to serve and file a response to Plaintiff's Complaint in the above entitled action shall be extended from April 3, 2017 to April 24, 2017 pursuant to Local Rule 144(a). Further, the parties time to file a joint status report shall be extended until fourteen (14) days after defendant files an answer to the complaint or the Court issues an order on defendants' motion to dismiss.