JOINT MOTION TO EXTEND DEADLINE TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT AND ORDER

JOHN A. MENDEZ, District Judge.

Pursuant to United States District Court, Eastern District of California, Civil Local Rule 144(a), which requires Court approval for any extension to respond to the initial complaint beyond 28 days, plaintiff Crystal Miller ("Plaintiff") and Defendant Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. ("Defendant"), hereby jointly move for an extension for Defendant to file its responsive pleading based on the following facts:

1. Plaintiff served the Complaint on February 12, 2018;

2. Defendant's deadline to respond to the Complaint was March 5, 2018;

3. Plaintiff and Defendant entered into a stipulation to postpone the response deadline to April 2, 2018;

4. Plaintiff and Defendant are engaged in settlement discussions and jointly moved to extend the response deadline to May 2, 2018, the request was granted;

5. Plaintiff and Defendant are continuing settlement discussions and believe that they can resolve their dispute if an additional 30 day extension is granted by the Court.

6. Plaintiff and Defendant therefore move jointly to extend for the third time Defendant's deadline to respond to the Complaint to June 1, 2018.

I, Rochelle L. Smith, am the ECF user whose identification and password are being used to file this Stipulation. I hereby attest that Elliot Gale has concurred in this filing.

ORDER

Pursuant to the joint motion of plaintiff Crystal Miller and defendant Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., and good cause appearing, the deadline for Defendant to respond to Plaintiff's complaint is hereby extended to June 1, 2018. No other deadlines shall be affected by this Order.

IT IS SO ORDERED.