JOINT STIPULATION TO CONTINUE DEADLINE TO COMPLETE ADR; [PROPOSED] ORDER

WILLIAM ALSUP, District Judge.

TO THE COURT:

Plaintiff SONYA ALFORD ("Plaintiff") and Defendant AMERICAN RED CROSS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA BLOOD SERVICES REGION (erroneously sued as AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD SERVICES) ("Defendant") (collectively "the parties"), by and through their respective counsel of record, herein agree and stipulate as follows:

RECITALS

1. On May 28, 2013, the parties agreed to participate in court-sponsored Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), specifically mediation. (ECF Document 12)

2. In an Order dated June 21, 2013, the court referred the parties to ADR. (ECF Document 15)

3. The parties requested an approximate one-month continuance of the ADR deadline to October 15, 2013 (ECF Document 18).

4. The court granted the parties' request on September 4, 2013 and the current deadline to complete ADR is October 15, 2013. (ECF Document 19)

5. The parties are presently scheduled to attend mediation with the court-assigned mediator, Patricia Kenney, of the United States Attorney's Office, on Friday, October 11, 2013.

6. On October 4, 2013, Ms. Kenney advised the parties that the mediation cannot proceed as scheduled on October 11, 2013 if the federal government shutdown continues. If the federal government shutdown ends on October 10, 2013, the parties will attend the mediation as scheduled.

7. In consideration of the possibility that the federal government shutdown will continue and thus Ms. Kenney will not be able to mediate this matter, the parties respectfully request a conditional extension of time to continue the ADR deadline to November 27, 2013. Such a continuance will allow the parties and mediator to reschedule the mediation to a date that is agreeable to all.

STIPULATION

NOW, THEREFORE, Plaintiff and Defendant hereby agrees and stipulates as follows, subject to court approval, that the deadline for the parties to complete ADR set for October 15, 2013 be continued to November 27, 2013.

IT IS SO STIPULATED:

[PROPOSED] ORDER

Pursuant to the parties' Joint Stipulation, it is so ordered that the deadline to complete Alternative Dispute Resolution is now November 27, 2013.