STIPULATION AND ORDER SETTING THE BRIEFING SCHEDULE AND ORAL ARGUMENT ON THE UNITED STATES' MOTION TO DISMISS AND HOLDING IN ABEYANCE DEFENDANT'S MOTIONS AND THE CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

EDWARD M. CHEN, District Judge.

Relator Gwen Thrower, Defendant Academy Mortgage Corporation, and the United States hereby stipulate by and through their respective counsel as follows:

1. WHEREAS, on April 27, 2017, the Relator filed her Amended Complaint against defendant Academy Mortgage Corporation ("Defendant"). Docket No. 45.

2. WHEREAS, on June 8, 2017, Defendant filed an Amended Motion to Transfer

Venue (docket No. 48) and Motion to Dismiss the Amended Complaint (docket No. 50) (collectively, "Defendant's Motions");

3. WHEREAS, by Stipulation and Order, oral argument on Defendants' Motions was reset for July 27, 2017. Docket No. 47.

4. WHEREAS, on July 19, 2017, the United States filed a Motion to Dismiss Relator's Amended Complaint. Docket No. 60.

5. WHEREAS, on July 20, 2017, the Court reset the Case Management Conference and oral argument on Defendant's Motions, and set argument on the United States' Motion to Dismiss for August 22, 2017 at 1:30 p.m. See Dkt. No. 62. The Court also reset the deadline for the submission of the Case Management Statement to August 15, 2017. See id.

6. WHEREAS, upon the request of Relator's counsel, the United States has agreed to extend the deadline for Relator's response to the United States' Motion to Dismiss to September 15, 2017 and to extend the deadline for the United States' reply to September 22, 2017.

7. WHEREAS, Relator's counsel has represented that such an extension is needed to provide them with sufficient time to prepare Relator's response to the United States' Motion to Dismiss.

8. WHEREAS, anticipating that the Court was going to hear oral argument on Defendant's Motions on July 27, 2017, Relator's counsel has other urgent demands scheduled during the month of August, necessitating this request for additional time.

9. WHEREAS, Relator's attorneys with principal responsibility for this matter each have long-scheduled family vacations and out of the country travel throughout the month of August and the Labor Day holiday, making it very difficult for the attorneys to prepare and confer regarding the drafting of Relator's response to the United States' Motion to Dismiss.

10. WHEREAS, no extensions have been requested previously regarding the schedule for briefing and oral argument on the United States' Motion to Dismiss.

11. WHEREAS, the Relator, Defendant and the United States stipulate that, in the interest of judicial economy, as the determination on the United States' Motion to Dismiss the Amended Complaint may obviate the need for the Court to render a decision on Defendants' Motions, the hearing and decision(s) on Defendant's Motions and the Case Management Conference (and date to submit the corresponding statement) be held in abeyance until after a decision is rendered on the United States' Motion to Dismiss.

12. WHEREAS, although not involved in the briefing on the United States' Motion to Dismiss, Defendant's counsel has indicated that they will likely attend the oral argument on the United States' Motion to Dismiss. However, counsel for Defendant may be on trial during parts of September.

13. WHEREAS, as the United States remains the real party in interest, and pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 517, the United States intends to file a Statement of Interest within 10 days of the Court scheduling a hearing for oral argument on Defendant's Motion to Dismiss.

14. IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED that, upon approval by the Court, the: (1) deadline for Relator to respond to the United States' Motion to Dismiss is extended to and including September 15, 2017; (2) deadline for the United States to file its reply on its Motion to Dismiss the Amended Complaint is extended to and including September 22, 2017; (3) date for oral argument on the United States' Motion to Dismiss is reset for October 5, 2017 at 1:30 p.m.; and (4) oral argument and decision(s) on Defendant's Motions and the Case Management Conference (and date to file the corresponding statement) are held in abeyance pending the Court rendering a decision on the United States' Motion to Dismiss.

ORDER: (1) SETTING THE BRIEFING SCHEDULE AND CONTINUING THE HEARING ON THE UNITED STATES' MOTION TO DISMISS AND; (2) HOLDING IN ABEYANCE ORAL ARGUMENT AND DECISION(S) ON DEFENDANT'S MOTIONS AND THE CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE AND STATEMENT

Upon consideration of the Stipulation between the Relator, United States and Defendant to set the briefing schedule and oral argument on the United States' Motion to Dismiss the Amended Complaint and to hold in abeyance Defendant's Amended Motion to Transfer and Amended Motion to Dismiss, and the Case Management Conference and Statement; and good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the stipulation is GRANTED as follows: