JOINT STIPULATION TO EXTEND MEDIATION COMPLETION DEADLINE (ADR LOCAL RULE 6-5); [PROPOSED] ORDER

MAXINE M. CHESNEY, District Judge.

TO THE HONORABLE COURT:

Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant Mark Varnes ("Plaintiff") and Defendant/Counter-Claimant Aetna Life Insurance Company ("Aetna") (collectively, "Parties") hereby stipulate as follows:

WHEREAS, the Parties have agreed to conduct mediation pursuant to the Court's ADR Local Rule 6;

WHEREAS, the Parties agreed to hold the mediation by the presumptive deadline of ninety (90) days from the date of the Court's Order referring the case to mediation;

WHEREAS, on February 10, 2016, the Court issued an order for the Parties to conduct mediation pursuant to their stipulation;

WHEREAS, the Parties' deadline to complete the mediation is May 10, 2016;

WHEREAS, Geoffrey White has been assigned as mediator in this matter;

WHEREAS, the earliest the Parties and Mr. White could agree to conduct mediation is May 19, 2016 due to their respective schedules;

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between Plaintiff and Aetna through their respective counsel of record to extend the deadline to complete mediation to May 19, 2016.

IT IS SO STIPULATED

ATTESTATION OF E-FILED SIGNATURE

I, Jordan S. Altura, am the ECF user whose ID and password are being used to file this. Joint Stipulation to Extend Mediation Completion Deadline. In compliance with Local Rule 5-1(i), I hereby attest thatJulia Campins, counsel for Plaintiff Mark Varnes, has concurred in this filing.

ORDER

The Court having considered the parties' Stipulation, and good cause appearing, finds that the deadline for the parties to complete mediation should be extended to May 19, 2016.

IT IS SO ORDERED.