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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CLEO HUNTER, Case No. 1:24-cv-00181-KES-CDB

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PARTIES’ v. STIPULATED REQUEST TO EXTEND

DEADLINES

PETRO-LUD, INC., (Doc. 19) Defendant.

16 17 Background Pending before the Court is the parties’ joint stipulated request (Doc. 19) to extend by 90 days the deadlines that the parties requested and the Court adopted in the class certification scheduling order. (Doc. 15). In support of the request, the parties state that they participated in mediation on September 30, 2024, but were unable to resolve the case. The parties “paused” discovery in preparation for the mediation and with the upcoming holiday break schedule, they agreed that more time is needed to finalize discovery as to class certification issues. (Doc. 19 at 1). The parties separately represent that counsel for Defendant has been in trial for six weeks, beginning in late September 2024 and that the trial recently ended…