JOINT STIPULATION TO MODIFY INITIAL PRE-TRIAL SCHEDULING ORDER; AND ORDER

MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR., District Judge.

WHEREAS plaintiff filed his second amended complaint on December 29, 2017, in State Court.

WHEREAS on or about March 2, 2017, the cased was removed to Federal Court.

WHEREAS ON April 6, 2018, defendant filed its Answer.

WHEREAS on March 2, 2018, this court issued its Initial Pre-Trial Scheduling Order which indicated, among other things, ". . . that this order shall not be modified except by leave of court upon a showing of good cause. . . ."

WHEREAS the parties agreed and stipulated by and through their respective undersigned counsel that, due to the press of other business including a trial for which plainitiffs' attorney is lead counsel, and due to the fact that Mr. Painter's secretary is out on extended medical leave it will be extremely difficult to meet the original Rule 26(a) disclosure deadline, the parties previously stipulated that the Rule 26(a) disclosure would be due on June 4, 2018 and that the the Rule 26(f) report would be due on May 29, 2018.

WHEREAS the parties have agreed and stipulated by and through their respective undersigned counsel that, due to the press of business, including multiple felony appearances by plaintiffs' attorney, and the fact that Mr. Painter's secretary recently returned from an extended medical leave, both the Rule 26(a) disclosure and the Rule 26(f) report will both be due on June 25, 2018.

IT IS SO ORDERED.