STIPULATION TO EXTEND TIME TO RESPOND TO FOURTH AMENDED COMPLAINT AND ORDER

MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR., District Judge.

WHEREAS plaintiffs filed their fourth amended complaint on July 10, 2018;

WHEREAS, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(3), defendants' response to the fourth amended complaint is currently due on July 24, 2018;

WHEREAS defendants require additional time to prepare their response to the fourth amended complaint in light of their participation in discovery planning pursuant to the Court's June 20, 2018, order and in light of preexisting time commitments of defendants' counsel in other matters;

THEREFORE the parties hereby stipulate that the time for defendants to respond to the fourth amended complaint shall be extended by 17 days, from July 24, 2018, to and including August 10, 2018. The parties further stipulate that if defendants' response to the first and second claims for relief in plaintiffs' fourth amended complaint is a motion to dismiss those claims, defendants' responsive pleading with respect to those claims shall not be required to be filed and served until 14 days after notice of any denial of the motion to dismiss those claims or postponement of its disposition until trial by the Court.

ORDER

Pursuant to the stipulation of the parties and good cause appearing, the time for Defendants to respond to the Fourth Amended Complaint is hereby extended 17 days, from July 24, 2018, to and including August 10, 2018. Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. Pro. 12, if Defendants' response to any cause of action consists of a motion to dismiss, a responsive pleading with respect to that/those cause(s) of action shall be filed and served fourteen (14) days after denial of those claims, if any.

IT IS SO ORDERED.