[PROPOSED] STIPULATION AND ORDER TO EXTEND STAY IN DISCOVERY

[SECOND REQUEST]

CARL W. HOFFMAN, Magistrate Judge.

Plaintiff Peter Slack ("Plaintiff") and Defendant United Airlines, Inc. ("Defendant"), by and through their respective attorneys hereby stipulate to and request that the Court grant an extension to the stay in discovery (currently set to expire on March 19, 2019) pending a decision on Defendant's Motion to Dismiss [ECF No. 9] and Plaintiff's Motion to Amend [ECF No.14] or up to and including, Wednesday, June 19, 2019.

The parties request an extension for a stay in discovery to avoid unnecessarily incurring the significant costs and fees associated with any duplicative and/or over-expansive discovery that may result if discovery is to continue at this point prior to clarification on the pleadings. Specifically, the parties require a ruling on Defendant's Motion to Dismiss [ECF No. 9] and Plaintiff's Motion to Amend [ECF No. 14] to know what claims may exist at this stage of the litigation and in order to evaluate what additional discovery, of any, is necessary. For example, the parties cannot meaningfully depose any witnesses without knowing what claims are and/or are not a part of this lawsuit.

The requested stay is only to extend discovery and remaining case deadlines and not to any briefing currently on file with the Court, including, but not limited to, Defendant's Motion to Dismiss [ECF No. 9] and Plaintiff's Motion to Amend [ECF No. 14]. The parties maintain their arguments with respect to all such motions. Accordingly, the parties request that the discovery stay be extended pending a decision on Defendants' Motion to Dismiss [ECF No. 9] and Plaintiff's Motion to Amend [ECF No. 14] or up to and including Wednesday, June 19, 2019.

IT IS SO ORDERED.