JOINT STIPULATION TO MODIFY CASE MANAGEMENT AND PRETRIAL ORDER FOR BENCH TRIAL AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

KANDIS A. WESTMORE, Magistrate Judge.

Pursuant to Civil Local Rules 6-2 and 7-12, Plaintiff Jowhar Alsabur and Defendant AutoZone, Inc., hereby stipulate through their respective counsel of record as follows:

WHEREAS on July 9, 2013, the parties submitted a Joint Case Management Statement (Dkt. No. 11);

WHEREAS, on July 22, 2013, the Court issued a Case Management Order and Pretrial Order for Jury Trial (Dkt. No. 13), setting forth the schedule for this case;

WHEREAS, the parties are in the process of meeting and conferring regarding outstanding discovery issues;

WHEREAS, fact discovery is scheduled to cut-off on December 23, 2013 and plaintiff intends to notice at least six depositions, including depositions of 30(b)(6) witnesses, defendant's employees, agents, and retail managers, and

WHEREAS, the parties intend to file cross motions for Summary Judgment; the parties believe that a modification of the Court's Case Management Order and Pretrial Order for Jury Trial may aid the parties in their efforts to resolve discovery issues and prepare for trial;

NOW THEREFORE the parties through their undersigned counsel hereby stipulate to, and request the Court to order, that the trial date and all associated pre-trial deadlines, as set forth in the parties' Joint Case Management Statement (Dkt. No. 11), the Court's Case Management Order and Pretrial Order for Jury Trial (Dkt. No 13), are modified as follows:

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

ORDER

Pursuant to the stipulation of the parties, the Court modifies the trial date and all associated pre-trial deadlines as follows:

As an initial matter, this is now a bench trial, the length of which will be no more than 5 days.

IT IS SO ORDERED.