STIPULATION EXTENDING EXPERT WITNESS DEADLINES; ORDER

HAYWOOD S. GILLIAM, JR., District Judge.

Pursuant to Northern District Rule 6-2, and subject to the Court's approval, Plaintiffs Alex Ang and Lynne Streit (collectively, "Plaintiffs") and defendant Bimbo Bakeries U.S.A., Inc. ("Defendant") (collectively "the Parties") respectfully submit the following Stipulation and proposed Order.

WHEREAS, the Parties are actively engaged in productive settlement negotiations;

WHEREAS, the Court has ordered the Parties to schedule a teleconference with the ADR Unit and to advise the Court no later than May 17, 2019 as to the scheduled date;

WHEREAS, the deadline to exchange opening expert reports is May 14, 2019;

WHEREAS, counsel for the Parties believe that a three week extension of the expert witness deadlines will aid settlement negotiations and enable the parties to avoid significant expense;

WHEREAS, there have been no previous extensions of the pretrial schedule in this action;

WHEREAS, a three week extension of the expert witness deadlines will have no effect on the remainder of the schedule in this action;

The Parties stipulate to the following three week extension of each expert witness deadline, and respectfully request that the Court enter the accompanying proposed Order:

ECF ATTESTATION

I, Pierce Gore, am the ECF User whose ID and password are being used to file the following: STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER. In compliance with General Order 45, X.B., I hereby attest that Mark C. Goodman has concurred in this filing.

ORDER

Pursuant to Stipulation of the parties, and good cause appearing therefor, the Court hereby approves the Stipulation, and enters it as the Order of the Court.