STIPULATION TO EXTEND TIME TO) FILE JOINT PRE-TRIAL ORDER

JENNIFER A. DORSEY, District Judge.

Plaintiff, TACHARA HUGHES, and Defendant, SOUTHERN HILLS MEDICAL CENTER, LLC, by and through their respective counsel of record, hereby stipulate and agree to extend the current deadline to file a Joint Pretrial Order of June 11, 2018, (see ECF No. 45), up to and including June 25, 2018, which is 14 days.

Good cause exists for the requested extension. The parties attended a settlement conference on May 9, 2018; however, settlement discussions continued beyond that date until May 25, 2018 when an impasse was completely reached. The parties have now turned their attention to the Joint Pre-Trial Order. Plaintiff's counsel has had a very busy schedule since May 25 including administrative hearings, an all-day mediation on May 31, and multiple depositions including one in Reno on June 4, and Fort Worth, Texas on June 5 with the associated travel. Further, Plaintiff's counsel has an outstanding family obligation that is requiring him to travel to New York and he will not return to the office until June 11, which is the due date for the Joint Pre-Trial Order. Counsel will need time to meet and confer on the contents of the Joint Pre-Trial Order and that will not be possible until after the June 11, 2018 due date.

For the foregoing reasons the parties request an extension of 14 days to June 25, 2018 to file the Joint Pre-Trial Order with the court.

This is the second request for an extension of this deadline and it is sought in good faith and not for the purpose of delay.

ORDER

IT IS SO ORDERED. However, the parties are cautioned that work load of counsel will not constitute good cause for further extension of this deadline.