STIPULATION TO CONTINUE INITIAL CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE AND ORDER

WILLIAM H. ORRICK, District Judge.

Pursuant to Rule 16 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Civil Local Rules 7-12 and 16-2, the undersigned counsel of record for Plaintiff Paul J. Gaynor and Defendants Ahmad Chatila and Brian Wuebbels jointly file stipulate and agree as follows:

WHEREAS, on November 16, 2016, the Court issued the Case Management Conference Order, which set the Initial Case Management Conference in this matter for February 21, 2017 (ECF No. 15);

WHEREAS, a scheduling conflict has arisen for Defendant Wuebbels' counsel on February 21, 2017;

WHEREAS, hearing on Defendant Chatila's Motion to Dismiss Complaint for Damages (ECF No. 29), Defendant Chatila's Anti-SLAPP Motion to Strike Plaintiff's Defamation Claim (ECF No. 30) and Defendant Wuebbels' Motion to Dismiss Complaint for Damages (ECF No. 39) is set for April 5, 2017, at 2:00 p.m.;

WHEREAS, the parties have conferred and agree that consolidating the Initial Case Management Conference with hearing on the pending motions would be in the interest of judicial efficiency; and,

WHEREAS, this is the first request to reschedule the Initial Case Management Conference;

THEREFORE, IT IS STIPULATED AND AGREED THAT the parties jointly request that the Court continue the February 21, 2017 Initial Case Management Conference to April 5, 2017, or a date thereafter convenient to the Court.

ORDER

Pursuant to the parties' stipulation, IT IS SO ORDERED. The Initial Case Management Conference is continued to ______________, 2017, at ______.