STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO EXTEND MEDIATION DEADLINE

RICHARD SEEBORG, District Judge.

Pursuant to Civil Local Rules 6-2 and 7-12, Plaintiffs Joseph Duran, John Bell, Jason Mears, Victor DeSimone, Christina Lee, and Sarah Cataldo ("Plaintiffs") and Defendant The Hershey Company ("Defendant") (collectively, "Parties"), through their respective counsel of record, and subject to the approval of the Court, hereby stipulate as follows:

1. WHEREAS, on June 26, 2014, the Court ordered the Parties to engage in private mediation by October 24, 2014 (Dkt. No. 23);

2. WHEREAS, the Parties are currently engaged in discovery and are working toward negotiating an ESI agreement and scheduling depositions;

3. WHEREAS, the Parties believe that the mediation will be more productive if it is held after they have conducted ESI discovery and some depositions;

4. WHEREAS, the Parties have not previously requested an extension of the mediation deadline;

5. WHEREAS, the Parties do not believe that an extension of the mediation deadline will affect the Court's schedule for this case;

THEREFORE, the Parties hereby agree and stipulate that the deadline to engage in private mediation be extended to January 30, 2015.

IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Pursuant to L.R. 5-1(i)(3) regarding signatures, I, Michael J. Puma, attest that concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained from each of the other signatories. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed this 16th day of October, 2014, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.