JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED ORDER REGARDING PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR REASONABLE ATTORNEYS' FEES, COSTS AND EXPENSES

CLAUDIA WILKEN, District Judge.

WHEREAS, on December 12, 2014, Plaintiffs filed a Joint Stipulation and Proposed Order are seeking additional time within which to file their motion for reasonable attorneys' fees, costs and expenses and setting a briefing schedule;

WHEREAS, on December 15, 2014, this Court entered an order granting Plaintiffs additional time and setting a briefing schedule;

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs' opening brief is due January 30, 2015;

WHEREAS, on January 19, 2015, Plaintiffs' counsel emailed Defendants' counsel asking to meet and confer pursuant to Local Rule 54-5(a);

WHEREAS, on January 22, 2015, counsel for Plaintiffs, the federal Defendants and the state Defendants met and conferred telephonically. During this productive phone call, the parties agreed to further discuss Plaintiffs' attorneys' fees, costs and expenses once Plaintiffs' counsel could provide a more detailed breakdown of fees, costs and expenses to Defendants;

WHEREAS, both counsel for federal and state Defendants indicated that they would stipulate to more time for Plaintiffs' motion should Plaintiffs request more time;

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs' counsel has been working diligently on the motion for reasonable attorneys' fees, costs and expenses but due to the press of other litigation matters (including an appellate fee reply in Ollier v. Sweetwater, Case No. 12-56348 (due February 23, 2015)), the complicated nature of the motion, the time required to review and categorize time spent (more than 2000 hours) by two organizations regarding three defendants and claims of same-sex plaintiffs and domestic partner plaintiffs over five years, and the possibility of further productive meet and confer sessions with the federal and state Defendants that could narrow the issues in dispute in the motion, Plaintiffs' counsel is seeking to modify the briefing schedule to afford Plaintiffs' counsel additional time to file the motion for reasonable attorneys' fees, costs and expenses;

WHEREAS, all parties have agreed to a stipulated briefing schedule;

THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

Plaintiffs' motion for reasonable attorneys' fees, costs and expenses will be filed on or before March 12, 2015.

Defendants' opposition to Plaintiffs' motion for reasonable attorneys' fees, costs and expenses will be filed on or before April 27, 2015.

Plaintiffs' reply in support of their motion for reasonable attorneys' fees, costs and expenses will be filed on or before May 21, 2015.

The hearing on Plaintiffs' motion for reasonable attorneys' fees, costs and expenses will be on June 11, 2015 at 2:00 p.m.

So stipulated,

ORDER

It is so ordered.