STIPULATION TO EXTEND TIME FOR LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA AND CAESARS ENTERPRISE SERVICES, LLC AS PLAN ADMINISTRATOR OF THE CAESARS ENTERPRISE SERVICES, LLC WELFARE BENEFIT PLAN TO ANSWER OR OTHERWISE RESPOND TO THE AMENDED COMPLAINT [First Request]]

PEGGY A. LEEN, Magistrate Judge.

WHEREAS, Defendant LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA ("LINA") was served with the Amended Complaint in this action by Plaintiff IRINA MILLER ("Plaintiff") on March 26, 2018, which was filed in the United States District Court, District of Nevada;

WHEREAS, the deadline for LINA to respond to the Amended Complaint is presently April 16, 2018;

WHEREAS, LINA's counsel requires time to review and assess the file in order to prepare an adequate response to the Amended Complaint;

WHEREAS, the Complaint was amended to add Defendant CAESARS ENTERPRISE SERVICES, LLC, as Plan Administrator of the Caesars Enterprise Services, LLC Welfare Benefit Plan ("CAESARS") and CAESARS was served with the Amended Complaint on March 13, 2018, which was filed in the United States District Court, District of Nevada;

WHEREAS. CAESARS' counsel likewise requires time to review and assess the file, which it is in the process of obtaining from LINA, in order to prepare an adequate response to the Amended Complaint.

WHEREAS, for good cause and pursuant to Local Rule IA 6-1, the parties wish to extend the time within which a responsive pleading to the Amended Complaint must be filed and served by LINA and CAESARS by thirty (30) days from the date LINA's response is currently due, to May 16, 2018;

WHEREAS, this is the first stipulation for extension of time to file a responsive pleading to the Amended Complaint;

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between Plaintiff and LINA and CAESARS, by and through their respective attorneys of record, that the time within which a responsive pleading to Plaintiff's Amended Complaint must be filed and served by LINA and CAESARS is extended to May 16, 2018.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.