CLAUDIA WILKEN, District Judge.
In the January 9, 2013 Joint Status Report (Dkt. No. 324), the parties indicated that they were making substantial progress in mediation negotiations and anticipate being able to conclude their discussions within the time provided for in the Court's November 8, 2012 Order (Dkt. No. 332), which stayed all litigation and all deadlines in the matter for 90 days.
The parties have concluded their negotiations and anticipate being able to submit, within the next 14 days, a motion for preliminary approval and a Local Rule 6-2 stipulated request for an order changing time to set a hearing on the matter for February 28, 2013. Given that the Court's 90-day stay of litigation is set to expire on February 6, the parties respectfully request that the Court continue its litigation stay for 30 days.
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In light of the parties' ongoing attempts to resolve this matter, the Court concludes that, in the interests of judicial efficiency, all litigation and all deadlines in the matter should be stayed, and hereby are stayed, for 30 days.
The parties are to provide the Court with an update of their status by March 4, 2013, unless a motion for preliminary approval is filed prior to that time.