STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO EXTEND MEDIATION DEADLINE

EDWARD M. CHEN, District Judge.

Plaintiff Alan Buschman ("Plaintiff") and Defendant Anesthesia Business Consultants LLC ("ABC") hereby stipulate and agree as follows, subject to approval of the Court:

WHEREAS, on June 27, 2013, Plaintiff and ABC submitted a Stipulation and [Proposed] Order Selecting ADR Process, in which the parties stipulated to Court-sponsored Mediation and requested a deadline of December 31, 2013 to complete the mediation (ECF No. 8);

WHEREAS, on July 3, 2013, the Court entered an Order approving the parties' selection of Court-sponsored mediation, and setting a deadline of November 27, 2013 to complete the mediation (ECF No. 9);

WHEREAS, the parties have been and continue to conduct discovery in this matter;

WHEREAS, deposition discovery is ongoing and witness depositions are scheduled to continue into October and November;

WHEREAS, on September 13, 2013, the parties participated in a pre-mediation call with the mediator, Jonathan Gross;

WHEREAS, in light of the current deposition schedule, Mr. Gross proposed setting the mediation for December 10, 2013;

WHEREAS, in light of that proposed mediation date, the parties believe a short extension of the current ADR deadline is appropriate;

THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the parties, and through their respective attorneys of record and subject to approval of the Court, that the deadline for completion of Court-sponsored mediation should be extended to December 10, 2013.

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.