MORRISON C. ENGLAND, Jr., District Judge.
Association of American Physicians & Surgeons, Inc. and Defendants Edmund G. Brown, Jr. in his official capacity as Governor of the State of California, and Shelley Rouillard, in her official capacity as the Director of the California Department of Managed Health Care, by and through their respective counsel, hereby stipulate to continue the hearing date of September 21, 2017 to October 19, 2017.
WHEREAS, Defendants filed a Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings on August 10, 2017, set for hearing for September 7, 2017, and based on the Court's own Motion, the hearing was continued to September 21, 2017.
WHEREAS, Plaintiff's Opposition to Defendant's Motion was filed on August 24, 2017 and Defendant's Reply will be due on September 14, 2017.
WHEREAS, Deputy Attorney General Kathleen Lynch, counsel for State Defendants had a medical emergency on August 29, 2017 and therefore State Defendants require additional time in which to respond to Plaintiff's Opposition to Defendant's Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings.
WHEREAS, in the interest of justice and in an effort to enhance judicial efficiency and preserve resources, Plaintiff agrees to grant State Defendants additional time in which to file a Reply to the Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings and the parties agree to move the September 21, 2017 hearing to October 19, 2017.
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 date in which State Defendants shall respond to Plaintiff's opposition to Defendants Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings in this action shall be continued from September 14, 2017 to October 12, 2017 and the hearing shall be continued to October 19, 2017.
Good cause appearing, the Court hereby approves this Stipulation in its entirety.
IT IS SO ORDERED.