Opinion
PLAINTIFFS' REQUEST TO CONTINUE CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE; ORDER THEREON
WILLIAM H. ORRICK, District Judge.
Plaintiffs respectfully request that the Case Management Conference, currently on calendar for June 9, 2015, be continued for approximately sixty (60) days. Good cause exists for the granting of the continuance, as follows:
1. As the Court's records will reflect, this action was filed on December 12, 2014. Defendant was served, via substitute service, on December 27, 2014. Plaintiffs filed a Proof of Service of Summons with the Court on January 12, 2015 (Dkt. #11). Defendant failed to plead or otherwise respond to the lawsuit, and the Clerk entered default as to Defendant on February 18, 2015 (Dkt. #13). Defendant was duly served with a copy of the Clerk's Notice of Default Entry, and a Proof of Service of same was filed with the Court on February 23, 2015 (Dkt. #14).
2. Plaintiffs filed an initial request to continue the case management conference on February 27, 2015 (Dkt. #16). The previous request was based on the fact that Defendant had scheduled the requested audit of its payroll records, that the audit was conducted, and that the final audit report was being prepared and finalized by Plaintiffs' auditors.
3. The audit report has since been finalized and issued to Defendant. Now that the report is complete, the parties are in further discussions to resolve this matter without the need for further litigation. Defendant has submitted additional documents to Plaintiffs in furtherance of their efforts to resolve the matter. Plaintiffs are in the process of reviewing and evaluating those documents. The parties are working diligently to resolve this matter without the need for further litigation.
4. There are no issues that need to be addressed by the parties at the currently scheduled Case Management Conference. In the interest of conserving costs, as well as the Court's time and resources, Plaintiffs respectfully request that the upcoming Case Management Conference be continued for approximately sixty (60) days, to allow sufficient time for the parties to continue their attempts to resolve this matter without the need for further litigation.
Michele R. Stafford, Esq., Adrian L. Canzoneri, Esq., SALTZMAN & JOHNSON LAW CORPORATION, San Francisco, Attorneys for Plaintiffs.
I declare under penalty of perjury that I am the attorney for the Plaintiffs in the above entitled action, and that the foregoing is true of my own knowledge. SALTZMAN & JOHNSON
PURSUANT TO STIPULATION,
The currently set Case Management Conference is hereby continued from June 9, 2015 until August 11, 2015 at 2:00 pm. The parties shall file a Joint Case Management Statement on or before August 4, 2015, updating the Court on the status of this matter.
IT IS SO ORDERED. _________________________________________