STIPULATION TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE RESPONSE TO MOTION TO DISMISS AND TO FILE REPLY BRIEF (First Request)

ORDER

JENNIFER A. DORSEY, District Judge.

Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 6 and Local Rule IA 6-1, Plaintiffs and Defendants respectfully submit for the Court's consideration this Stipulation to extend Plaintiffs' deadline to respond to Defendants' Motion To Dismiss, Doc. No. 19, to December 16, 2016, and to extend Defendants' deadline to file a reply in support of that motion to January 6, 2017. In support of this Stipulation, Plaintiffs and Defendants state as follows:

1. This litigation challenges Defendants' administration of the Paperwork Reduction Act, 5 U.S.C. § 44 U.S.C. § 3501 et seq. Plaintiffs filed their Complaint, Doc. No. 1, on August 16, 2016, and Defendants filed their Motion To Dismiss on November 16, 2016. Under the Court's rules, Plaintiffs' response to that motion is currently due on or before December 5, and Defendants' reply is due seven (7) days after service of Plaintiffs' response.

2. The parties agree that extensions of those deadlines are warranted in light of the coming holidays, planned absences of attorneys, the nature of the issues raised in Defendants' motion, and previously scheduled briefing deadlines in other cases.

3. Each of these extensions is requested for the first time. Because this litigation is at an early stage and principally concerns issues of law, the requested extensions, amounting to less than 26 days in total, will not significantly delay the disposition of this case.

Conclusion

For the foregoing reasons, Plaintiffs and Defendants respectfully submit that good cause exists for the requested extensions and respectfully request that the Court grant this Stipulation for an extension of time through and including December 16, 2016, for Plaintiffs to file a response to Defendants' Motion To Dismiss and an extension of time through and including January 6, 2017, for Defendants to file a reply in support of their motion.

IT IS SO ORDERED.