STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO ANSWER OR OTHERWISE RESPOND TO THE COMPLAINT

(Fourth Request)

GEORGE FOLEY, JR., Magistrate Judge.

Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 6(b)(1) and Local Rule 1A 6-1, Plaintiffs Tissue Regeneration Technologies, LLC and General Patent, LLC, (collectively, "Plaintiffs") and Defendants Male Performance Medical Partnership, LLC, Medical Partnership, LLC, Leonard Messina, and Las Vegas Male Performance Clinic (collectively, the "Messina Defendants"), by and through their respective counsel of record, Weide & Miller, Ltd., on behalf of Plaintiffs, and the Law Offices of Philip A. Kantor, P.C., newly retained and appearing on behalf of the Messina Defendants, hereby agree and stipulate for an extension of time for the Messina Defendants to file and serve their answer or other responses to the Complaint from the current deadline of March 15, 2019, up to and including March 29, 2019. This is fourth request by the Messina Defendants for such an extension.

Good cause for this request exists to provide the newly retained counsel for the Messina Defendants time to investigate the facts and assess the potential for settlement of this case, given the recent termination of the Messina Defendants' former counsel. On December 19, 2018, former counsel for the Messina Defendants notified the Court that they had been terminated and moved to withdraw as counsel. See ECF No. 17 (Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC and Jonathan W. Fountain's Motion to Withdraw as Counsel).

On or about January 3, 2019, the undersigned counsel for the Messina Defendants agreed to be retained on the representations of the undersigned counsel for Plaintiffs that Plaintiffs would agree to the prior order to permit the newly retained counsel for the Messina Defendants time to assess the case before having to respond to the Complaint. Subsequent to that extension, the undersigned counsel for the Messina Defendants has made such an assessment and has commenced discussions with Plaintiff's counsel to explore the potential to resolve the matter. As further discussion requires Plaintiff's counsel to engage in discussions with subject matter experts on issues related to the patents extending the time required for Plaintiff's counsel to respond, the Parties have agreed to the instant stipulation to accommodate such discussions.

For the foregoing reasons, the parties hereby stipulate to extend the deadline for the Messina Defendants to answer or otherwise respond to the Complaint from March 15, 2019, to March 29, 2019. Service of this Stipulation is also being made on the Messina Defendants' counsel of record, Howard & Howard, PLLC.

IT IS SO AGREED AND STIPULATED:

IT IS SO ORDERED.