STIPULATION AND JOINT REQUEST TO CONTINUE PRETRIAL CONFERENCE AND TRIAL PENDING RULING ON DISPOSITIVE MOTIONS; ORDER THEREON

WILLIAM H. ORRICK, District Judge.

On September 3, 2014, the Court heard the parties' cross-motions for summary judgment in these related cases. The motions are pending before the Court. The current schedule for the case requires the parties to make their pretrial submissions by October 20, 2014, 14 days in advance of the pretrial conference scheduled for November 3, 2014, with a bench trial to follow on November 19, 2014. The existing dates of the pretrial conference and trial were set in the Court's Civil Pretrial Order entered on November 14, 2013 (Dkt. No. 54 in Case No. 12-cv-1056 and Dkt. No. 19 in Case No. 13-cv-3703) and have not previously been continued.

Because the parties expect that the Court's rulings on the pending motions will likely narrow the issues for trial if it does not dispose of the cases altogether, the parties have conferred and agreed to request that the Court continue the dates of the pretrial conference and the trial for 90 days, or for such other period as the Court deems appropriate. The requested continuance would permit the parties to prepare for trial on the issues, if any, remaining to be trial after the motions are decided, rather than preparing for trial on all issues unnecessarily, and to estimate reliably the ti me that will be needed for trial.

The parties propose the following new dates:

ORDER

Pursuant to the foregoing Stipulation, and good cause appearing, the Court VACATES the pretrial conference and trial. They will be reset in the event the pending motions do not resolve the case.

IT IS SO ORDERED.