JOINT STATUS CONFERENCE STATEMENT; [PROPOSED] ORDER

PAUL SINGH GREWAL, Magistrate Judge.

WHEREAS, on March 31, 2016, a status conference was held before this Court.

WHEREAS, the Court ordered the parties to appear at a further status conference set for April 26, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. in this Court.

WHEREAS, the Court stated that the parties may, in lieu of the further status conference scheduled for April 26, 2016, submit a status conference statement outlining Defendant's mediation schedule in the related state court class action, Patricia Teruel v. Sky Chefs, Inc., Case No. 1-14-CV-268343 pending in Superior Court of California in and for the County of Santa Clara.

On April 22, 2016, Plaintiff Patricia Teruel's attorney in the state court class action and counsel for Sky Chefs, Inc. held a joint telephonic meeting with mediator Michael Loeb. The parties and mediator have agreed that, in lieu of a formal, day-long mediation, the parties will engage in settlement discussions facilitated by mediator during the month of May 2016. The mediator has held initial calls with the parties to determine potential settlement options. The parties and mediator have further agreed to a settlement-discussion deadline of May 27, 2016. If. after that date the parties have not reached settlement, litigation in the state court class action will proceed.

Accordingly, the parties in the present matter respectfully request the stay remain in effect and the pending April 26, 2016 further status conference be continued to June 20, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. to update the Court on the status of the state court class action.1

[PROPOSED] ORDER

The stay of this case will stay in effect pending potential resolution of the related state court class action, Patricia Teruel v. Sky Chefs, Inc., Case No. 1-14-CV-268343. The further status conference set for April 26, 2016 is continued to June 20, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. at which time the parties will update the Court on the status of the state court class action: