STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE REASSIGNMENT TO MAGISTRATE JUDGE RYU FOR FURTHER CONFERENCE; CONTINUANCE OF TRIAL AND RELATED DATES

THELTON E. HENDERSON, Senior District Judge.

TO THE COURT AND TO ALL PARTIES AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD:

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between plaintiff MARK BURAS (BURAS) and Defendants CITY OF SANTA ROSA, a government entity; SANTA ROSA POLICE DEPARTMENT, a government entity; BRETT SIWY; MICHAEL PAETZOLD (collectively, CITY), through their respective counsel of record, as follows:

1. Counsel for defendants and plaintiff BURAS hereby request that the court re-assign this matter for further Mandatory Settlement Conference before Magistrate Judge Donna Ryu.

2. To conserve and potentially avoid expenses related to expert discovery and pre-trial preparation, and to foster settlement prospects, counsel for defendants and plaintiff BURAS hereby request either that the trial date in this matter be continued to a trial date commencing the second week of January 2017, or a date after that, or that the Court set a further Case Management Conference date.

3. Upon assignment of a continued trial date, all pre-trial dates shall be derived from the newly assigned trial date.

SO STIPULATED:

ORDER

GOOD CAUSE APPEARING, the present trial date of October 18, 2016 is vacated, and a further Case Management Conference shall be held on November 7, 2016 at 1:30 PM, and the parties shall submit an updated Joint Statement ten days prior to the Conference. The parties shall contact Judge Ryu's chambers immediately to schedule a further settlement conference. If the case does not settle, the Court will set a new trial date at the CMC.

IT IS SO ORDERED.