THIRD STIPULATION AND ORDER TO MODIFY SCHEDULING ORDER

(Doc. 19)

SHEILA K. OBERTO, Magistrate Judge.

Pursuant to the United States District Court, Eastern District of California Local Rules, Rule 143, Lester J. Marston and David B. Dehnert, attorneys for plaintiffs Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians, Blue Lake Rancheria, Chemehuevi Indian Tribe, and Hopland Band of Pomo Indians (collectively, Plaintiffs), on the one hand, and Timothy M. Muscat and William P. Torngren, Deputy Attorneys General, attorneys for defendants Gavin Newsom, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of California, and defendant State of California (collectively, Defendants), on the other hand, stipulate as follows:

On March 26, 2019, the Court filed the Scheduling Order in this case that established several due dates, including the filing of a Joint Record of Negotiations (Joint Record) on or before May 6, 2019. Pursuant to stipulations by the parties, the Court extended this deadline to June 5, 2019, and then July 5, 2019. Since the second extension, Counsel for Plaintiffs and Defendants have continued to work diligently and cooperatively in preparing a single Joint Record. Counsel for Plaintiffs prepared an initial Joint Record, and Counsel for Defendants reviewed the initial Joint Record and requested the addition of numerous documents. Counsel for Plaintiffs has reviewed these additional materials, and has now provided Counsel for Defendants with their responses. Counsel for Defendants will be reviewing these responses over the next two weeks.

While the Joint Record's creation has taken longer than anticipated, it is not surprising given the over four-year history of ongoing and extensive compact negotiations between the parties under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, 25 U.S.C §§ 2701-2721, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1166-1167. The parties will require a final twenty-one day extension to complete the Joint Record and file it under seal with the Court. This process will be completed on or before July 26, 2019. The parties are continuing to work diligently to promote judicial economy by reviewing the thousands of pages of potential documents for the record and eliminating documents that are not necessary for this case's adjudication by the Court. While this is the third request by the parties to modify the Scheduling Order to extend the time for filing the Joint Record, granting this stipulation will not impact any other Scheduling Order due date.

ORDER

Pursuant to the parties' above third stipulation (Doc. 19), and for good cause shown, the Court hereby EXTENDS the deadline for the parties to file the "Joint Record of Negotiations," by twenty-one days, to July 26, 2019. All other deadlines in the Scheduling Order (Doc. 14), remain unchanged.

IT IS SO ORDERED.