ORDER

PEGGY A. LEEN, Magistrate Judge.

Before the court is the parties' Joint Status Report (ECF No. 80). In the Joint Status Report (ECF No. 77) dated September 27, 2018, the parties advised the court that they had agreed on the terms of a settlement agreement, believed they were close to execution, and would be in a position to submit a stipulation and proposed order dismissing this case in 30 days. The court therefore entered an Order (ECF No. 79) giving the parties 30 days to file the stipulation to dismiss or a joint status report indicating when the stipulation would be filed.

In the current Joint Status Report (ECF No. 80), the parties now advise that they have executed a settlement agreement that will require approximately 60 days to perform and will then "be in a position" to submit a proposed stipulation within approximately 90 days. The parties provide no explanation for why they earlier told the court they would submit a stipulation to dismiss in 30 days in September and now need 120 days to submit a stipulation. An agreement has been executed. As experienced counsel were involved in reaching a written settlement agreement, it is presumably valid and enforceable. The parties provide no reason at all why this court should leave this case open on its docket while one or more parties performs their contractual obligations. This practice has become a pattern in these HOA cases and is unreasonably delaying final resolution of these cases. The court will no longer provide the parties relief from the discovery plan and scheduling order deadlines while they wait for settlement agreements to be finalized over extended periods of time. The court will give the parties 30 days to file the stipulation for dismissal or to file the joint pretrial order. Accordingly,

IT IS ORDERED that: