JOINT MOTION AND ORDER FOR AN EXTENSION OF TIME FOR THE PARTIES TO FILE A JOINT PRETRIAL ORDER WITH THE COURT

(Third Request)

MIRANDA M. DU, District Judge.

Plaintiff, The Erection Company ("TEC), and Defendants, Archer Western Contractors, LLC ("AWC"), Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America ("Travelers") and Postel Industries, Inc., ("Postel"), by and through their counsel of record, hereby jointly move for an Order extending the deadline in which the parties have to file a Joint Pretrial Order with the Court. Pursuant to the Court's Minute Order filed May 26, 2015, the Court ordered that the parties file a Joint Pretrial Order with the Court. (See Dkt. #247). The parties hereto request a further fourteen-day extension of that deadline to July 21, 2015 for the following reasons: (1) in anticipation of a meeting between counsel, TEC, AWC, and Travelers have have exchanged initial drafts of the Joint Pretrial Order, including factual summaries, potential trial exhibits, witnesses, and deposition testimony, but the large volume of documents and potential depositions designations warrants additional time, prior to any meeting of counsel, to discuss stipulated facts, stipulated documents, and objections required by the Joint Pretrial Order; (2) Postel has not yet provided any information regarding proposed facts, exhibits, or witnesses; and (3) the parties are still having discussions whether to exclude the respective sureties from the trial pursuant to a stipulation, thereby streamlining the trial herin. The brief extension of the deadline to file the pre trial order will allow the parties to review the proposed drafts, exchange documents, discuss stipulations, and hold a meaningful meet and confer on the Joint Pretrial Order. Consequently, the parties jointly request an Order from the Court extending the deadline in which the parties have to file their Joint Pretrial Order from July 7, 2015 until July 21, 2015.

ORDER

IT IS SO ORDERED.