STIPULATION AND ORDER TO SUSPEND CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

SAUNDRA BROWN ARMSTRONG, Senior District Judge.

Pursuant to N.D. Cal. Local Civil Rules 6-1, 6-2, 7-2, 7-3, and 7-4, Plaintiffs RESOURCE RENEWAL INSTITUTE, CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, and WESTERN WATERSHEDS PROJECT, and Defendants NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, and CICELY MULDOON IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS SUPERINTENDENT OF POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE (collectively, the "Parties"), through undersigned counsel hereby jointly stipulate and respectfully request that the Court suspend the Case Management Conference (CMC) scheduled for August 17, 2016 and date by which the Parties must file an amended CMC statement until after the parties participate in a mandatory settlement conference on September 20, 2016. The parties request that the Court order the parties to submit a Joint Status Report after the mandatory settlement conference. The Parties jointly declare in support of these stipulated requests:

WHEREAS, the Court has previously modified the schedule for the CMC and the CMC statement deadline and stayed Plaintiffs' Claims Two and Three, ECF Nos. 29, 54, and 68;

WHEREAS, the Court issued an Order on July 20, 2016, approving the Parties' stipulated schedule for briefing Plaintiffs' forthcoming Motion for Preliminary Injunctive Relief, and modified that Order on August 2, 2016, by requiring Plaintiffs to file a Reply Brief in support of that Motion no later than September 28, 2016;

WHEREAS, the Court has ordered the Parties to attend a mandatory settlement conference on September 20, 2016, with Magistrate Judge Ryu, ECF Nos. 55, 69, 72;

WHEREAS, the Parties assert that another continuance of the CMC and CMC statement will conserve judicial resources, save the Parties' time and expense, and allow the Parties to focus on briefing Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunctive Relief and preparing for the mandatory settlement conference before proposing additional deadlines for this litigation;

WHEREAS, in light of the schedule set by the Court, the parties do not have any case management issues to discuss with the Court at this time;

WHEREAS, the Parties entered into and filed this Stipulation extending the dates of the CMC and CMC Statement until after they have attended a mandatory settlement conference on September 20, 2016;

WHEREAS, the Parties' stipulated extension will not alter the date of any other deadline or event already fixed by Court order;

THEREFORE, pursuant to N.D. Cal. Local Civil Rules 6-1 and 6-2, the Parties through their respective attorneys stipulate and jointly request that the Court:

1. Terminate the CMC set for August 17, 2016, and the CMC statement deadline of August 10, 2016; and

2. Order the Parties to file a joint status report by no later than September 26, 2016, informing the Court as to the outcome of the mandatory settlement conference and requesting a further CMC, if appropriate.

SO STIPULATED AND AGREED.

CERTIFICATION OF CONCURRENCE FROM OTHER PARTIES

I, Jeffrey R. Chanin, am the ECF user whose ID and password are being used to file this

Stipulation. In compliance with N.D. Cal. Civ. L.R. 5-1(i)(3), I hereby attest that each of the signatories has concurred in the filing of this document and has authorized the use of his or her electronic signature.

ORDER

The telephonic Case Management Conference currently scheduled for 8/17/16 is CONTINUED to 10/19/16 at 2:30 p.m. By no later than 9/26/16, the parties shall meet and confer and file an updated joint status report, as set forth above. Plaintiffs' counsel shall be responsible for filing the Joint Case Management Statement and setting up the conference call. At the date and time indicated above, Plaintiffs' counsel shall call (510) 879-3550 with all parties on the line. NO PARTY SHALL OTHERWISE CONTACT CHAMBERS DIRECTLY WITHOUT PRIOR AUTHORIZATION OF THE COURT.

IT IS SO ORDERED.