JOINT RULE 6(B)(1) MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME EXTENSION OF TIME PROVIDED BY LR 54-14 & ORDERS DATED JUNE 28 & 29, 2018

(THIRD REQUEST)

ANDREW P. GORDON, District Judge.

The parties, by and through their respective counsel, hereby move for entry of an order under FRCP 6(b)(1) extending the periods provided by LR 54-14 and this court's orders dated June 28 & 29, 2018 pertaining to motions for attorney's fees in each of the above actions, for the following reasons:

1. These actions have been pending before this court since their removal in October 2008.

2. On June 28 & 29, 2018, the court entered orders and judgments of final adjudication regarding each of them.

3. In those orders, the court instructed Plaintiffs to file motions for attorney's fees (if any) within 14 days (i.e., on or before July 12, 2018 (as to certain of these actions) and July 13, 2018 (as to the rest). It also instructed Plaintiffs' counsel to confer with Defendant Meridian's counsel regarding such matters before filing any such motion.

4. LR 54-14 provides that motions for attorney's fees are to be filed within 14 days of the entry of a final judgment or order disposing of an action which the United States Supreme Court has held is the date of entry of an order disposing of the substantive elements of an action, despite the existence or potential for a motion for attorney's fees. Ray Haluch Gravel Co. v. Cent. Pension Fund of Int'l Union of Operating Engineers & Participating Employers, 134 S.Ct. 773 (2014).

5. Counsel for all Plaintiffs and the principal Defendants, Koval Flamingo, LLC and Meridian Private Residences CH, LLC have previously requested an extension of time to effectively review each parties' claim(s) for attorney's fees.

6. Counsel for all Plaintiffs and the principal Defendants, Koval Flamingo, LLC and Meridian Private Residences CH, LLC have conferred about such matters and are still in discussions regarding each parties' claim(s) for attorney's fees and that it would unduly burden the court and the parties to require such motions to be filed within the period provided by LR 54-14 and the court's orders of June 28 & 29, 2018.

7. Accordingly, there is good cause within the meaning of FRCP 6(b)(1) for an extension of the period within which to file the parties' respective motions for attorney's fees in these actions.

8. The parties are requesting an additional eight (8) days to continue discussions regarding each parties' claim(s) for attorney's fees.

9. This motion is timely pursuant to FRCP 6(b)(1)(A) in that it has been filed prior to the expiration of the period for which extension is sought.

IT IS SO ORDERED.