STIPULATION AND REQUEST FOR SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE;

ORDER THEREON

KENDALL J. NEWMAN, Magistrate Judge.

Plaintiff Dev Patel ("Plaintiff") and Defendants California Department of Public Health ("CDPH") and Department of Toxic Substances Control ("DTSC") (CDPH and DTSC are collectively referred to as "Defendants"), through their respective counsel of record, hereby stipulate as follows:

WHEREAS Plaintiff and Defendants stipulated for Magistrate Judge Kendall J. Newman to be assigned for all purposes other than any settlement conference the parties might later schedule;

WHEREAS Defendants are filing a motion for summary judgment to be heard before Magistrate Judge Newman no later than March 2, 2017; and

WHEREAS if the case is not dismissed, Plaintiff and Defendants wish to schedule a settlement conference after receiving the ruling on Defendants' motion for summary judgment, to be presided over by a judge other than Magistrate Judge Newman.

Plaintiff and Defendants stipulate and agree as follows: Pursuant to Judge Newman's standing orders and Eastern District of California Local Rule 270, Plaintiff and Defendant request that the Court schedule a settlement conference to be held after Plaintiff and Defendant receive Magistrate Judge Newman's ruling on Defendant's motion for summary judgment, and that the settlement conference be presided over by a judge other than Magistrate Judge Newman.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

ORDER

Having reviewed the parties' stipulation, and good cause appearing therefore, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:

The Parties' request that the Court schedule a settlement conference to be held after Plaintiff and Defendant receive Magistrate Judge Newman's ruling on Defendant's motion for summary judgment is granted. The settlement conference shall be presided over by a judge other than Magistrate Judge Newman.