STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR AN EXTENSION OF TIME OF 14 DAYS FOR DEFENDANT'S RESPONSE TO PLAINTIFF'S OPENING BRIEF

JEREMY D. PETERSON, Magistrate Judge.

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by and between the parties, through their respective counsel of record, that Defendant shall have an extension of time of 14 additional days to respond to Plaintiff's opening brief. The current due date is May 11, 2018. The new due date will be May 25, 2018.

This is the first request for an extension of time in this case. There is good cause for this request. During the weekend of April 1, 2018, Defendant's counsel had a serious personal emergency and took multiple days of leave to address and recover from the emergency and continues to take leave intermittently for treatment. Defendant's counsel is continuing to address and prioritize the backlog of cases that she could not address while on leave.

Thus, Defendant is respectfully requesting additional time up to and including May 25, 2018, to fully review the record and research the issues presented by Plaintiff's opening brief in this case. This request is made in good faith with no intention to unduly delay the proceedings.

ORDER

For the reasons provided in the parties' stipulation, the Court finds good cause to grant Defendant additional time up to and including May 25, 2018, to respond to Plaintiff's opening brief. All other remaining deadlines in the scheduling order are modified accordingly.

IT IS SO ORDERED.