[PROPOSED] ORDER ON JOINT STIPULATION TO MODIFY THE COURT'S MARCH 21, 2019 SCHEDULING ORDER

JENNIFER L. THURSTON, Magistrate Judge.

The parties have stipulated to amend the case schedule. (Doc. 29) They report that they are unable to complete discovery due to "the schedules of the witnesses, the availability of the witnesses during the holidays and the trial calendars of plaintiff's and defendant's counsel." Id. at 2. The Court notes that except for exchanging initial disclosures, little discovery occurred in this case for nearly five months (Doc. 25 at 2). When the Court learned of this, it reminded counsel "of their obligation to complete all discovery within the time frames set forth in the Scheduling Order." (Doc. 26) Despite this, it appears no discovery occurred between October 28 and the date of the filing of the stipulation a month later. (Doc. 29) Though counsel conclude they have acted diligently, the Court is hard-pressed to agree.

Nevertheless, the Court will grant this stipulation to amend the case schedule only because it appears that failure to do so would work a significant hardship on the parties. However, the Court will not entertain any further requests to amend the case schedule. The parties SHALL complete all needed discovery within the new deadlines, or the Court will understand that they have decided that further discovery is unneeded. Thus, the Court ORDERS:

1. The stipulation is GRANTED, and the case schedule is amended as follows:

No other amendments to the case schedule are authorized.1

IT IS SO ORDERED.