Kardoes Rubber Company, Inc. v. Franklin Industrial Minerals et al

Filing 18

ORDER re 17 Notice of Mediation and Settlement Conference. Signed by Hon. Chief Judge Mark E. Fuller on 5/27/10. (scn, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT F O R THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA E A S T E R N DIVISION K A R D O E S RUBBER COMPANY, INC., ) ) P la in tif f , ) ) v. ) C A S E NO. 3:09-cv-761-MEF-CSC ) F R A N K L IN INDUSTRIAL MATERIALS, ) (W O - DO NOT PUBLISH) e t al., ) ) D e f e n d a n ts. ) ORDER T h is cause is before the court on the Notice Concerning Settlement Conference and M e d ia tio n (Doc. # 17), by which the parties advised the Court that they believe that m e d ia tio n would promote the resolution of this case. This Court's mediation program is v o lu n ta ry, and generally, the Court does not formally enter an order referring a case to a M a g is tra te Judge for mediation, nor does it assign mediators. Should the parties desire m e d ia tio n of this case, they should arrange a conference call with the office of the Magistrate J u d g e assigned to this file to discuss scheduling the mediation. The Magistrate Judge a s s ig n e d to this file is Magistrate Judge Charles S. Coody. Of course, the parties are free to re ta in a mediator of their own choosing and pursue private mediation if they prefer it to the C o u rt's mediation program. D O N E this 27th day of May, 2010. /s/ Mark E. Fuller CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE