Stines, et al. v. Amtrak

Filing 21

STIPULATION and ORDER to Change the Date of the Settlement Conference Before a Magistrate Judge (Doc. 20 ), Signed by Magistrate Judge Gary S. Austin on 1/8/2014. The Settlement Conference now set for 1/16/2014 is RESET to 3/27/2014 at 10:30 AM in Courtroom 10 before Magistrate Judge Gary S. Austin. (Arellano, S.)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 B. CLYDE HUTCHINSON, State Bar No. 037526 bch@llcllp.com VINCENT CASTILLO, State Bar No. 209298 vcastillo@llcllp.com KARA A. ABELSON, State Bar No. 279320 kabelson@llcllp.com LOMBARDI, LOPER & CONANT, LLP Lake Merritt Plaza 1999 Harrison Street, Suite 2600 Oakland, CA 94612-3541 Telephone: (510) 433-2600 Facsimile: (510) 433-2699 7 8 Attorneys for Defendant NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION (AMTRAK) 10 Lake Merritt Plaza 1999 Harrison Street, Su ite 2600 Oakland, CA 94612 -3541 LOMBARDI, LOPER & CONANT, LLP 9 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 11 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA—FRESNO DIVISION 12 13 CHARLES STINES; JANET R. STINES 14 15 16 17 Plaintiffs, vs. Case No. 1:13-CV-00522-LJO-MJS STIPULATION AND ORDER TO CHANGE THE DATE OF THE SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE BEFORE A MAGISTRATE JUDGE "AMTRAK" aka NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION and DOES 1 THROUGH 100 INCLUSIVE 18 Defendants. 19 20 21 The parties to this action, by and through their respective counsel, hereby stipulate and 22 request that the Court vacate the Settlement Conference before Magistrate Judge Gary S. Austin 23 set for January 16, 2014 at 10:30 a.m. and reschedule the Settlement Conference for a date in 24 March, 2014. This stipulation shall not affect the pre-trial conference and trial dates. 25 Good cause exists for the requested date change because the parties have been unable to 26 engage in sufficient discovery to allow meaningful settlement discussions to occur. Plaintiff’s 27 counsel has requested additional time to respond to Defendant’s written discovery and request for 28 document production. Accordingly, Defendant has been unable to obtain or subpoena Plaintiff’s 13249-42974 KAA 651343.1 -1Case No. 1:13-CV-00522-LJO-MJS STIPULATION AND ORDER TO MOVE DATE OF SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE 1 medical records. Without a careful review of Plaintiff’s medical records, settlement discussions 2 will be futile. Setting the Settlement Conference for a date in March will allow the parties 3 sufficient time to obtain the records and documentation necessary to evaluate the case and engage 4 in meaningful settlement discussions. The parties are confident that postponing the Settlement 5 Conference until a date in March will provide the parties enough time to adequately prepare to 6 discuss settlement. Accordingly, it is in the parties and the Court’s best in interest to postpone the 7 Settlement Conference until March. 8 Dated: January 7, 2014 10 Lake Merritt Plaza 1999 Harrison Street, Su ite 2600 Oakland, CA 94612 -3541 LOMBARDI, LOPER & CONANT, LLP 9 DANIEL L. HARRALSON LAW CORPORAION By: 11 12 13 14 Dated: January 7, 2014 /s/ Daniel L. Harralson DANIEL L. HARRALSON Attorney for Plaintiffs, CHARLES STINES and JANET R. STINES LOMBARDI, LOPER & CONANT, LLP 15 16 By: 17 18 /s/ Kara Abelson KARA ABELSON Attorney for Defendant, NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 13249-42974 KAA 651343.1 -2- Case No. 1:13-CV-00522-LJO-MJS STIPULATION AND ORDER TO MOVE DATE OF SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE 1 ORDER 2 The Stipulation to Change the Date of the Settlement Conference Before a Magistrate 3 Judge, having been presented to the Court, and good cause appearing therefore, it is hereby 4 ordered as follows: 5 1) The Settlement Conference now set for Thursday, January 16, 2014 at 10:30 a.m. is 6 RESET to Thursday, March 27, 2014 at 10:30 a.m. in Courtroom 10 before 7 Magistrate Judge Gary S. Austin. 8 10 Lake Merritt Plaza 1999 Harrison Street, Su ite 2600 Oakland, CA 94612 -3541 LOMBARDI, LOPER & CONANT, LLP 9 11 12 13 14 IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: 15 January 8, 2014 /s/ Gary S. Austin UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 16 17 DEAC_Signature-END: 6i0kij8d 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 13249-42974 KAA 651343.1 -3- Case No. 1:13-CV-00522-LJO-MJS STIPULATION AND ORDER TO MOVE DATE OF SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE

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