STIPULATION AND ORDER TO EXTEND DEADLINE FOR EXPERT WITNESS DISCLOSURES AND EXPERT DISCOVERY CUTOFF DATE

KIMBERLY J. MUELLER, District Judge.

WHEREAS, on June 21, 2016, the Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Order ("Scheduling Order") was entered on the Docket (Dkt. No. 30);

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Court's Scheduling Order, all fact discovery shall be completed in this case by March 10, 2017;

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Court's Scheduling Order, all expert discovery shall be completed in this case by June 9, 2017;

WHEREAS, on February 27, 2017, the parties stipulated, subject to the Court's approval, to extend the fact discovery cutoff date through and including June 29, 2017, as Defendant Gregory Cook's health problems have affected the parties' ability to schedule depositions prior to the current discovery cutoff date (Dkt. No. 36);

WHEREAS, the parties need to conclude fact discovery before experts can complete their opinion reports;

WHEREAS, the parties now wish to continue the expert discovery cutoff date without impacting the dates currently set for the Final Pretrial Conference and Trial in this case;

THEREFORE, since the parties have not been able to complete their fact discovery by the date of this stipulation, and to allow the parties to complete their expert discovery in this case, the parties hereby agree and stipulate that, subject to the Court's approval, (i) the deadline for expert witness disclosures shall be extended through and including July 1, 2017, and (ii) the expert discovery cutoff date shall be extended through and including August 31, 2017.

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.