SHEILA K. OBERTO, Magistrate Judge.
Plaintiffs AUGUSTUS MONDRIAN and RHONDA JONES, individuals, on behalf of themselves, and on behalf of all persons similarly situated ("Plaintiffs"), and Defendant TRIUS TRUCKING, INC. ("Defendant") hereby submit this Joint Stipulation and [Proposed] Order to continue the Scheduling Conference scheduled for January 28, 2020 ("Scheduling Conference").
WHEREAS, on June 27, 2019, Defendant filed a Notice of Removal of Civil Action to Federal Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331, 1441, and 1446, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California (Dkt. 1);
WHEREAS, the parties' first appearance before the Court was initially set for October 29, 2019 (Dkt. 4);
WHEREAS, on October 21, 2019, the parties notified the Court that they reached a class-wide settlement of this matter and were finalizing the terms of a long-form settlement agreement, after which Plaintiffs intended to file a motion for preliminary approval of class action settlement (Dkt. 7);
WHEREAS, the parties required more time than initially anticipated to finalize the terms of the long-form settlement agreement (cf. Dkt. 7);
WHEREAS, as of the date of this filing, the parties have circulated a final long-form settlement agreement for signature, and anticipate the filing of a motion for preliminary approval of class settlement within 60 days of January 21, 2020.
NOW, THEREFORE, and subject to the Court's approval, the parties stipulate and agree to continue the Scheduling Conference set before this Court on January 28, 2020, for 60 days, or to any date thereafter that is convenient for the Court.
Pursuant to the parties' above stipulation, (Doc. 9), for good cause shown, the Court GRANTS the parties' request and CONTINUES the scheduling conference from January 28, 2020, to March 31, 2020, at 10:30 a.m. in Courtroom 7 (SKO) before Magistrate Judge Sheila K. Oberto. The parties SHALL file their joint scheduling report by no later than March 24, 2020.
IT IS SO ORDERED.