STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CONTINUING CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE AND HEARING ON DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO TRANSFER PROCEEDINGS TO BANKRUPTCY COURT

WILLIAM H. ORRICK, District Judge.

This stipulation is entered into by and between the "Stipulating Parties," consisting of plaintiffs KELLEEN SULLIVAN and ROSS SULLIVAN (collectively, the "Plaintiffs") and Defendants STEPHEN A. FINN and TRUST COMPANY OF AMERICA, INC. ("collectively, the "Defendants").

WHEREAS the Court has scheduled an Initial Case Management Conference in this action for February 20, 2018;

WHEREAS Defendants filed a Motion to Transfer Proceedings to Bankruptcy Court Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 157(a) and Northern District General order No. 24 [Dkt. 19] (the "Motion"), which seeks to transfer this case and each claim alleged in the Complaint to the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California, which is set for hearing on February 28, 2018;

WHEREAS on January 30, 2018 Defendants filed the Declaration of Timothy Hoffman [Dkt. 22];

WHEREAS the opposition to the Motion is due February 2, 2018;

WHEREAS the reply to the Motion is due February 9, 2018;

WHEREAS the parties have agreed to continue the hearing on the Motion to a date on or after March 6, 2018 in order to allow Plaintiffs additional time to respond to the Hoffman declaration;

WHEREAS in the interests of efficiency and economy the parties have agreed to continue the Initial Case Management Conference to a date on or after the hearing on the Motion and to continue the deadline for the parties to file their Joint Case Management Conference Statement; and

WHEREAS the Stipulating Parties further believe it would serve the interests of efficiency and economy for the Initial Case Management Conference to take place concurrently with the hearing on the Motion;

NOW, THEREFORE, the Stipulating Parties, by and through their counsel of record, hereby stipulate, subject to the Court's approval, as follows:

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

ORDER

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED that: