STIPULATION TO EXTEND TIME FOR DEFENDANTS TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT (THIRD REQUEST)

JOHN A. MENDEZ, District Judge.

Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 144(a), Plaintiffs Chris Andrew and Richard Mayberry ("Plaintiffs") and Defendants City of Sacramento (the "City"), Nationwide Investment Services Corporation ("Nationwide"), and International City/County Managers Association-Retirement Corporation ("ICMA") (collectively, "Defendants") hereby stipulate and agree, subject to Court approval, to extend the time for Defendants to respond to the Complaint by 45 days, such that Defendants new response date would be April 5, 2018. On December 20, 2017, the parties submitted a stipulation requesting an extension for Defendants to respond to the Complaint until February 19, 2018 in order to focus in settlement discussions. (Doc. No. 14) This extension request was granted by the Court on December 22, 2017 (Doc. No. 15). The parties' settlement discussions are on-going, and further postponing the deadline for Defendants to respond to the Complaint would allow the parties to continue to focus their efforts on these discussions, rather than on drafting responsive pleadings or motions.

This is the third time each Defendant has requested Court approval for an extension of time to respond to the Complaint. In addition to the December 20, 2017 request referred to above, each Defendant previously filed a stipulated request for an extension to respond to the Complaint until January 5, 2018, all of which were subsequently granted by the Court. See Doc. Nos. 9, 12 & 13. These prior stipulations extended Nationwide's and the City's time to respond to the Complaint by 45 days (Doc. Nos. 9 & 12), and extended ICMA's time to respond to the Complaint by 16 days (Doc. No. 13). This request would not affect any other court-ordered deadline.

IT IS SO ORDERED. Defendants' deadline to respond to the Complaint shall be April 5, 2018.