ORDER

(Docket No. 36)

NANCY J. KOPPE, Magistrate Judge.

Pending before the Court is Defendant Liberty Duct's motion to "stay" proceedings pending the appearance of third-party defendant Archer Western Contractors, LLC. Docket No. 36. Plaintiff filed a response not opposing the vacation of the current deadlines in the scheduling order so long as discovery continues to be ongoing. Docket No. 40. Defendant filed a reply clarifying that it is not seeking a stay of discovery. Docket No. 41. Defendant Bio Shield Tech, LLC filed a joinder to the motion. Docket No. 42. The motion is hereby GRANTED in part and DENIED in part.

The parties held their Rule 26(f) conference on December 16, 2014. See Docket No. 20 at 2. As such, discovery has been ongoing in this case for over a year, and the current discovery cutoff is March 15, 2016. See Docket No. 29. Given the relatively late-stage of discovery, the Court is not inclined to simply vacate all deadlines in the scheduling order to be reset at an unknown date after the newly-added third-party defendant responds to the third-party complaint. That is especially true given that the motion and briefing consist of bare-bones assertions that vacating the current deadlines furthers the "interest in fair and equitable discovery." Docket No. 36. This case will not proceed without any deadlines in place for an indefinite period. As such, rather than vacating the current deadlines, the Court will extend them for 60 days. To the extent the parties believe further extensions are required, they may file a request seeking such relief when appropriate. Cf. Local Rule 26-4 (discussing timing requirements for extending deadlines in the scheduling order).1

The parties are ORDERED to diligently conduct discovery at this time. The deadlines in the scheduling order are further AMENDED as follows:2

IT IS SO ORDERED.