JOINT REQUEST FOR A CONTINUANCE OF THE INITIAL CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

SUSAN ILLSTON, District Judge.

The parties jointly submit this Request for a Continuance of the Initial Case Management Conference (the "CMC"), currently scheduled for March 11, 2011 at 3:30 p.m., to April 15, 2011, at 2:30 p.m. or such time on that date as the Court may have available.

During the October 26, 2010 hearing on Defendants' Motions To Dismiss, the Court scheduled December 14, 2010 as the default date for the CMC, provided that the Court had issued a ruling on the Motions in advance of that date. On December 7, 2010, the parties stipulated to continue the December 14, 2010 CMC date until February 4, 2011. On January 27, 2011, the parties further stipulated to continue the February 4, 2011 CMC date to March 11, 2011. As the Court knows, all discovery in this case has been stayed pending this Court's rulings on Defendants' Motions to Dismiss. In the Joint Case Management Statement filed on October 19, 2010 (DN 198), the parties agreed to meet and confer within 10 business days of the Court's rulings on Defendants' Motions To Dismiss, at which time the parties will engage in further discussions concerning the disclosures required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(1), any modifications to limits on the number of interrogatories and depositions, and the development of a discovery plan in accordance with Rule 26(f)(2)-(f)(3), including disclosure or discovery of electronically-stored information. In order to allow sufficient time for these meet and confer discussions prior to the CMC and to promote judicial efficiency and economy, the parties respectfully request that the CMC be continued until April 15, 2011, or until such other time as the Court deems proper. Counsel are informed that this Court has availability for the CMC at 2:30 p.m. on April 15.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

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