JOINT AND STIPULATED MOTION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER FOR ADMINISTRATIVE RELIEF TO CONTINUE DEADLINES

ELIZABETH D. LAPORTE, Magistrate Judge.

Pursuant to L.R. 7-11, 7-12 and 16-2(b), Plaintiff General Cigar Company Inc. ("General Cigar") and Defendants James Agopian, Gray Ash, Inc., Arbi Aghopian, and C.E.O. Cigars, Inc. ("Defendants"), by and through their counsel, hereby jointly move the Court for an order continuing deadlines for the Joint Case Management Statement and Rule 26(f) Report and the Initial Case Management Conference each by two (2) weeks.

The current deadline for filing the Joint Case Management Statement and Rule 26(f) Report is May 28, 2013, and the Case Management Conference is currently scheduled for June 4, 2013, at 10:00 a.m.

The parties have been engaged in settlement negotiations over the course of the last two weeks. While the parties have agreed to all material terms of the settlement agreement, scheduling conflicts have made it difficult to finalize the agreement before the current Rule 26(f) Report deadline. The parties believe that they will enter into a settlement agreement within the next two weeks. If they are unable to do so within the next two week, then the parties would like to move forward with this action.

Counsel for both parties have met and conferred and agree to continue the current dates as set forth herein, and the agreed-upon continuances would not affect any other aspect of the case schedule. There has been only one prior modification to the dates for the Joint Case Management Statement and Rule 26(f) Report and the Initial Case Management Conference, both of which were moved one week to give the parties an opportunity to finalize settlement negotiations (the Joint Case Management Statement and Rule 26(f) Report was moved from May 21, 2013 to May 28, 2013, and the Initial Case Management Conference was moved from May 28, 2013 to June 4, 2013). Counsel for both parties agree and stipulate to this request for relief.

Accordingly, the parties request that the deadline for filing the Joint Case Management Statement be continued two (2) weeks, from May 28, 2013, to June 11, 2013. The parties further request and stipulate that the Initial Case Management Conference be continued from June 4, 2013 at 10:00 a.m., to June 18, 2013 at 10:00 a.m.

I, Edgar Martirosyan, hereby attest, pursuant to N.D. Cal. General Order No. 45, that the concurrence to the filing of this document has been obtained from each signatory hereto.

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.