STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR AN EXTENSION OF TIME (FIRST REQUEST)

BARBARA A. McAULIFFE, Magistrate Judge.

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by and between the parties, through their respective counsel of record, that Defendant's time to file her Responsive Brief be extended from July 19, 2018, to August 17, 2018, and Plaintiff's time for filing a Reply Brief be extended to September 21, 2018. This is the parties' first request for an extension of time in this matter.

Defendant respectfully requests additional time to file her Responsive Brief because the Of Counsel for Defendant is a fairly recent hire who just received this case assignment and needs sufficient time to review the record, to evaluate the issues raised in Plaintiff's motion, and to prepare Defendant's response to the motion.

Plaintiff respectfully requests additional time to file her Reply Brief because her counsel will be on maternity leave through mid-September and needs sufficient time to prepare the brief upon return.

The parties' request is made in good faith and with no intention to unduly delay the proceedings, and counsel apologizes for any inconvenience.

It is therefore respectfully requested that Defendant be granted an extension of time to file her Responsive Brief, through and including August 17, 2018, and that Plaintiff be granted an extension of time to file her Reply Brief, through and including September 21, 2018.

ORDER

Pursuant to the parties' stipulation, and good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Defendant shall have an extension of time to August 17, 2018, to file a response brief, and Plaintiff shall have an extension of time to September 21, 2018, to file a reply brief.

IT IS SO ORDERED.