STIPULATION AND ORDER SETTING SCHEDULE FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION BRIEFING AND CONTINUING CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

HAYWOOD S. GILLIAM, JR., District Judge.

STIPULATION

WHEREAS, Plaintiff BNSF Railway Company ("BNSF") filed a Motion for Preliminary Injunction on December 20, 2019, noticed for hearing on March 5, 2020 at 2 p.m.;

WHEREAS, given the winter holidays and additional time required for coordination among the fifteen Defendants, the parties have agreed to propose an extended briefing schedule as described below;

WHEREAS, the current deadline for Defendants to respond to Plaintiff BNSF's Motion for Preliminary Injunction is January 3, 2020, and the current deadline for Plaintiff BNSF to file a reply in support of its Motion for Preliminary Injunction is January 10, 2020;

WHEREAS, the parties agree that the deadline for Defendants to file their Opposition(s) to Plaintiff BNSF's Motion for Preliminary Injunction should be extended to and including February 3, 2020;

WHEREAS, the parties agree that the deadline for Plaintiff BNSF to file its Reply in support of its Motion for Preliminary Injunction should be extended to and including February 20, 2020;

WHEREAS, the parties believe that the interest of judicial economy and the convenience of the parties would be served by continuing the Case Management Conference currently set for February 11, 2020 at 2 p.m. to March 5, 2020 at 2 p.m., to coincide with the hearing on Plaintiff BNSF's Motion for Preliminary Injunction;

WHEREAS, the parties have agreed to confer under Rule 26(f) no later than the existing deadline of January 21, 2020 and have agreed that that deadline should not be extended according to the new date of the Case Management Conference; and

WHEREAS, the parties propose to submit their Rule 26(f) report to the Court by February 27, 2020, as part of their Case Management Statement;

NOW THEREFORE, IT IS STIPULATED AND AGREED, by and between Plaintiff and Defendants, and subject to approval of the Court, that:

(1) Defendants shall file their Opposition(s) to Plaintiff BNSF's Motion for Preliminary Injunction on or before February 3, 2020;

(2) Plaintiff BNSF shall file its Reply in support of its Motion for Preliminary Injunction on or before February 20, 2020;

(3) A hearing on Plaintiff BNSF's Motion for Preliminary Injunction will be held on March 5, 2020 at 2 p.m.;

(4) The Case Management Conference currently set for February 11, 2020 at 2 p.m. is continued to March 5, 2020 at 2 p.m., and the parties' Case Management Statement including Rule 26(f) report is to be filed by February 27, 2020; and

(5) The parties' deadline to confer under Rule 26(f) remains January 21, 2020.

Upon presentation of the parties' stipulation and good cause shown, IT IS SO ORDERED.