STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING FILING AN ANSWER TO PLAINTIFFS' FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT [L.R. 6-1(A)]

EDWARD M. CHEN, District Judge.

Plaintiffs and Defendant FORD MOTOR COMPANY ("Ford") (collectively the "Parties"), by and through their respective counsel, hereby stipulate as follows:

WHEREAS, on March 12, 2018, the Court entered an Order Granting In Part and Denying In Part Defendant's Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs First Amended Complaint. Pursuant to that Order Plaintiffs have 30 days to file an amended complaint.

WHEREAS, during the Further Case Management Conference held on March 15, `, Plaintiffs' counsel advised the Court and Ford that they will be filing a Second Amended Class Action Complaint on or before April 11, `.

WHEREAS, upon stipulation of the parties, it is agreed that Ford will not file an Answer to Plaintiffs' First Amended Complaint but instead will file a response to Plaintiffs' Second Amended Complaint in accordance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(3);

WHEREAS, counsel for Defendant, as the filer of this document, attests that concurrence in the filing of the document has been obtained from each of the other signatories:

IT IS THEREFORE STIPULATED BETWEEN THE PARTIES THAT:

1. Ford will not file an Answer to Plaintiffs' First Amended Complaint but instead will file a response to Plaintiffs' to-be filed Second Amended Complaint in accordance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(3).

[PROPOSED] ORDER

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION OF THE PARTIES, the Stipulation is GRANTED. The Court Orders that:

1. Ford is not required to file an Answer to Plaintiffs' First Amended Complaint.

2. Once filed, Ford will respond to Plaintiffs' Second Amended Complaint in accordance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(3).

IT IS SO ORDERED.