STIPULATION AND ORDER TO CONTINUE INITIAL CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

EDWARD M. CHEN, District Judge.

Pursuant to the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Local Rules ("Civil L.R."), Rule 16, Defendants 800 DC, LLC d/b/a/ BIZZIE and J-800-DRY CLEAN ("800 DC"); Kostopoulos Rodriguez, PLLC; and, K. Dino Kostopoulos, individually, (collectively "Defendants"), and Plaintiffs Lawrence Shifman, individually; Goretti Shifman, individually; and, Dry Cleaning Delivery Services, Inc. ("DCDS") (collectively "Plaintiffs"), by and through their respective counsel, have met and conferred and hereby stipulate and seek relief from the Court concerning obligation imposed by the Order Setting Initial Case Management Conference dated December 27, 2013, requesting the Court to continue the Initial Case Management Conference ("CMC"), and all associated deadlines, presently scheduled for March 27, 2014 at 9:00 a.m. in Courtroom 5, on the 17th floor of the San Francisco Courthouse located at 450 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, California, until May 29, 2014 at 9:00 a.m. in Courtroom 5 at the same location due to Defendants' pending dispositive Motion to Dismiss and Special Motion to Strike filed pursuant to Civil L.R. 7, which are scheduled to be heard by the Honorable Edward M. Chen on March 13, 2014 at 1:30 p.m. in Courtroom 5.

The Parties submit that continuing the CMC to May 29, 2014 will allow adequate time for the Court to render its decision on Defendants' dispositive motions before the Parties' compliance with the associated ADR and other such deadlines is required. It is further noted that Randall M. Widmann, counsel for Plaintiffs, previously filed with the Court a Notice of Unavailability from May 1, 2014 through May 16, 2014.

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED.

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.