Travelers Property Casualty Company of America v. Old Republic Insurance Company, et al

Filing 218

ORDER Regarding Settlement Conference (set for April 1, 2015 at 9:30 a.m. before Judge McAuliffe), signed by Magistrate Judge Barbara A. McAuliffe on 3/19/2015. (Herman, H)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 10 11 12 TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY COMPANY of AMERICA, CASE NO. 1:13-cv-00576-LJO-BAM Plaintiff, 13 14 v. 16 OLD REPUBLIC INS. CO.; ARCH SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY; NAVIGATORS SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY; et al., 17 ORDER REGARDING SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE Defendants. 15 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 This case is set for a Settlement Conference before Magistrate Judge Barbara A. McAuliffe on April 1, 2015 at 9:30 am in Courtroom 8 at the U.S. District Court, 2500 Tulare Street, Fresno, California, 93721 with all remaining parties. Unless otherwise permitted in advance by the Court, the attorneys who will try the case shall personally appear at the settlement conference with the parties and the person or persons having full authority to negotiate and settle the case, on any terms, at the conference. No later than seven days prior to the settlement conference, each party shall submit directly to Judge McAuliffe’s chambers at bamorders@caed.uscourts.gov, a confidential settlement conference statement. This statement should neither be filed with the clerk of the Court nor served on any other 28 1 1 party. Each statement shall be clearly marked “CONFIDENTIAL” with the date and time of the 2 mandatory settlement conference indicated prominently. 3 The settlement statement should not be lengthy but shall include a brief recitation of the facts, 4 a discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of the case, an estimate of the cost and time to be 5 expended for further pretrial and trial matters, and the relief sought. The parties are also directed to 6 include a candid statement on the party’s position on settlement, including the amount which the 7 party will accept to settle, realistic settlement expectations, present settlement proposals, and a 8 history of past settlement discussions, offers, demands, and a report on settlement efforts to date. 9 This Court will vacate the settlement conference if the Court finds the settlement conference 10 will be neither productive nor meaningful to attempt to resolve all or part of this case. As far in 11 advance of the settlement conference as possible, a party shall inform the Court and other parties that 12 it believes the case is not in a settlement posture so the Court may vacate or reset the settlement 13 conference. Otherwise the parties shall proceed with the settlement conference in good faith to attempt 14 to resolve all or part of the case. 15 16 17 18 IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: /s/ Barbara March 19, 2015 A. McAuliffe _ UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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