STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR STAY PENDING SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE

HAYWOOD S. GILLIAM, JR., District Judge.

Pursuant to the United States District Court, Northern District of California Civil Local Rules 7-12 and 16-8(c), Plaintiffs Ryan Richards, Ruba Ayoub, Brandy Terbay and Tracy Cummings ("Plaintiffs"), and Defendants Chime Financial, Inc., Galileo Financial Technologies, Inc., and The Bancorp Inc. (collectively, "Defendants"), by and through their respective counsel, stipulate and agree as follows:

1. WHEREAS, Plaintiffs filed their initial Complaint on October 22, 2019, and Defendants have either been served or agreed to accept service;

2. WHEREAS, the parties have met and conferred and consistent with the Northern District of California's Local ADR rules, have agreed to request a referral to a Magistrate Judge for a settlement conference pursuant to ADR Local Rule 7-2 in advance of the initial case management conference pursuant to Local Civil Rule 16-8(a);

3. WHEREAS, in an effort to conserve both court and party resources during the ADR Local Rule 7-2 referral, the parties agree: (a) to request to stay the deadline on Defendants' time to answer or respond to Plaintiffs' Complaint for approximately 120 days through March 27, 2020 pending completion of the ADR Local Rule 7-2 referral; (b) to request to continue the currently scheduled January 21, 2020 case management conference until a date after March 27, 2020; and (c) to request that the matter otherwise be stayed in its entirety for approximately 120 days through March 27, 2020 pending completion of the ADR Local Rule 7-2 referral;

4. WHEREAS, the parties have agreed to request Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler as their settlement conference judge;

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the parties, through their respective counsel, that:

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.