PHYLLIS J. HAMILTON, District Judge.
WHEREAS the plaintiffs and defendants in this action have participated in a settlement scheduling conference under the guidance and recommendation of the assigned settlement judge in this matter, the Hon. Laurel Beeler, and
WHEREAS the Case Management and Pretrial Order (Dkt. 31) was entered on June 19, 2017, before plaintiffs filed their Third Amended Complaint (Dkt. 59) on February 1, 2018, to add two additional defendants, Kathy Louise Goodman as Doe Defendant 1 and Kindred Healthcare Operating, Inc. as Doe Defendant 2, and
WHEREAS defendant Kindred Healthcare Operating, Inc. first appeared in this matter on March 7, 2018, and
WHEREAS defendant Kathy Louise Goodman first appeared in this matter on April 18, 2018, and
WHEREAS a settlement conference had been set for August 15, 2018, and
WEHREAS one of the Plaintiffs was diagnosed with a serious medical condition and will not be able to attend the August 15, 2018 settlement conference, and
WHEREAS the parties are currently working to continue the settlement conference to a date when all parties can be present, and
WHEREAS the non-expert discovery cutoff was reset to October 1, 2018, pursuant to the pretrial schedule set forth in the court's Case Management and Pretrial Order (Dkt. 85), and
WHEREAS all other deadlines originally set in this case remain and are as of the resetting of the non-expert discovery cutoff are incompatible with that date, and
WHEREAS the plaintiffs and defendants in this action are aware of the procedure for amending the court's Case Management and Pretrial Order (Dkt. 31) and have concurrently filed a letter brief with the court, in accordance with said procedure, and
WHEREAS good cause exists for an order amending the court's Case Management and Pretrial Order (Dkt. 31), as set forth above.