Wolf, it appears there was an "x" next to "Civil" on the text you posted, so I think this relates to the pretrial conference for our civil case, moved to Dec. 18 from Dec. 17.
Perhaps the joint motion yesterday was for a 7-day stay, which would run out on Dec. 17, hence the need to reschedule the conference to the next day (hopefully no need by then, if we settle).
Just my take