STIPULATION REGARDING CASE DEADLINES IN LIGHT OF FORTHCOMING WITHDRAWAL OF PLAINTIFF'S COUNSEL AND [PROPOSED] ORDER AS MODIFIED

VINCE CHHABRIA, District Judge.

Plaintiff Esayas Gezahegne ("Plaintiff") and Defendant Whole Foods Market California, Inc. ("Whole Foods") (collectively "the Parties"), by and through their respective counsel, stipulate as follows:

1. Plaintiff's counsel, Michael Malk, will be filing a request to withdraw as counsel in this matter.

2. The current deadline for Whole Foods to file a motion for summary judgment is September 18, 2014.

3. The hearing on the motion for summary judgment is set for October 30, 2014 at 10:00 a.m.

4. A further Case Management Conference is also set for October 30, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. The Case Management Conference Statement is due on October 23, 2014.

5. Whole Foods will not oppose Mr. Malk's request to withdraw as counsel.

6. Plaintiff shall have thirty (30) days from the date of this stipulation to retain new counsel.

7. To allow the Court to rule on the request to withdraw and to allow Plaintiff a brief amount of time to find new counsel, the Parties have stipulated to a forty-five (45) day extension of all the above-referenced deadlines and hearings.

8. Accordingly, the Parties jointly request that the Court extend the deadlines listed above for forty-five (45) days or to other dates that the Court deems appropriate.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

[PROPOSED] ORDER AS MODIFIED

Pursuant to the Parties' stipulation and good cause appearing, the Court orders as follows:

1. The October 30, 2014 hearing on Whole Foods's Motion for Summary Judgment is vacated. A new hearing is set for December 18, 2014. In accordance with Civil Local Rule 7-2(a), the new deadline to file a motion for summary judgment shall be November 13, 2014.

2. The October 30, 2014 Case Management Conference is vacated. The Case Management Conference is re-set to January 20, 2015. The updated Case Management Conference Statement is now due by January 13, 2015.

IT IS SO ORDERED.