ORDER GRANTING STIPULATION TO VACATE THE CURRENT CASE SCHEDULE

MARSHA J. PECHMAN, District Judge.

Plaintiffs Ryan Karnoski, Cathrine Schmid, D.L., formerly known as K.G., by his next friend and mother, Laura Garza, Lindsey Muller, Terece Lewis, Phillip Stephens, Megan Winters, Jane Doe, Conner Callahan, Human Rights Campaign, Gender Justice League, and American Military Partner Association (collectively, "Plaintiffs"); Plaintiff-Intervenor State of Washington; and Defendants Donald J. Trump, the United States of America, Patrick Shanahan, and the United States Department of Defense (collectively, "Defendants"), stipulate and move the Court as follows:

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Court's order (Dkt. No. 234), Plaintiffs, Plaintiff-Intervenor, and Defendants ("the Parties") filed their Updated Joint Status Report and Discovery Plan on May 4, 2018 (Dkt. No. 241), and the Court entered the case scheduling order on May 9, 2018 (Dkt. No. 242), that currently governs the case.

WHEREAS, the Parties stipulated to extend discovery and dispositive motion deadlines on September 27, `, due to upcoming deadlines for filing and noting discovery motions, completing discovery, and filing dispositive motions. (Dkt. No. 318.)

WHEREAS, the Court granted the Parties' stipulation on September 28, `, vacating the deadlines for filing and noting discovery motions, completing discovery, and filing dispositive motions, and further ordered the parties to submit proposed revisions to the case schedule within 21 days after the Ninth Circuit rules on the pending Mandamus Petition. (Dkt. No. 319.) All other deadlines in the case schedule remained unchanged. (Id.)

WHEREAS, the Ninth Circuit has not yet ruled on the pending Mandamus Petition, discovery is not complete, and trial is currently set for April 8, 2019.

WHEREAS, the Parties have agreed further revisions to the case schedule are warranted— including vacating the March 4, 2019 motions in limine deadline, the March 27, 2019 pretrial order deadline, and the March 27, 2019 proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law deadline, and the March 29, 2019 pretrial conference, and the April 8, 2019 trial date.

NOW THEREFORE, Plaintiffs, Plaintiff-Intervenor, and Defendants, through their respective counsel of record, do hereby stipulate and agree, and respectfully request, that the Court enter an order as follows:

1. The March 4, 2019 motions in limine deadline, March 27, 2019 pretrial order deadline, March 27, 2019 proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law deadline, March 29, 2019 pretrial conference, and April 8, 2019 trial date are hereby vacated.

2. The parties shall submit a joint proposal for revisions to the case schedule within 21 days after the Ninth Circuit rules on the Mandamus Petition.

ORDER

This matter comes before the Court on the Parties' Joint Stipulation to Vacate the Current Case Schedule and Ordering the Parties to Propose a New Case Schedule. After considering the Parties' Joint Stipulation, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:

The March 4, 2019 motions in limine deadline, March 27, 2019 pretrial order deadline, March 27, 2019 proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law deadline, March 29, 2019 pretrial conference, and April 8, 2019 trial date are hereby vacated;

1. The parties shall submit a joint proposal for revisions to the case schedule within 21 days after the Ninth Circuit rules on the Mandamus Petition.

IT IS SO ORDERED.