STIPULATION AND REQUEST TO EXTEND DEADLINE FOR CONDUCTING MEDIATION; [PROPOSED] ORDER

RICHARD SEEBORG, District Judge.

STIPULATION AND REQUEST

Plaintiff Oscar Cano ("Plaintiff") and Defendant Home Depot U.S.A., Inc. ("Defendant") (collectively referred to as the "Parties") through their respective counsel hereby stipulate and request as follows:

WHEREAS on December 15, 2016, the Court issued a Case Management Scheduling Order referring the Parties "to the court's ADR department for the purpose of engaging in mediation to take place, ideally, within the next 90 days," i.e., by March 15, 2017;

WHEREAS the Parties subsequently scheduled a mediation to take place on March 10, 2017 with court-appointed mediator Kyungah "Kay" Suk (the "Mediator");

WHEREAS, the Parties have been unable to complete the discovery needed for a productive mediation due to scheduling conflicts; and

WHEREAS the Parties and the Mediator have rescheduled the mediation for April 7, 2017;

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND REQUESTED by and between the Parties through their respective attorneys of record that the deadline to conduct mediation be extended from March 15, 2017 to April 7, 2017.

SIGNATURE ATTESTATION

I hereby attest that I have obtained the concurrence of Seth E. Tillmon, counsel for Plaintiff, for the filing of this stipulation.

ORDER

Good cause appearing therefor and pursuant to the parties' stipulation, it is hereby ORDERED that the Parties' deadline for conducting mediation be extended to April 7, 2017. PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.