Perez v. Padilla

Filing 80

ORDER VACATING Settlement Conference and to SHOW CAUSE Why Sanctions Should Not Issue for Failure to Comply with the Order re: Settlement Conference, (Doc. 74). ORDER SETTING STATUS CONFERENCE. 1)The settlement conference set for Febru ary 8, 2018, is VACATED; 2) A telephonic status conference is set before the undersigned for February 8, 2018, at 10:00 A.M. The parties shall call [phone], access code 6208204# at the scheduled time. 3) At the conference, the parties shall discuss the prospects of settlement, proposed dates for re-setting the settlement conference, and show cause why sanctions should not issue for failure to comply with the Order. Order signed by Magistrate Judge Sheila K. Oberto on 2/2/2018. (Timken, A)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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CASE NO. 1:14-cv-01730-DAD-EPG (PC)

JOSEPH PEREZ,
Plaintiff,

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ORDER VACATING SETTLEMENT
CONFERENCE AND TO SHOW CAUSE
WHY SANCTIONS SHOULD NOT
ISSUE FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY
WITH THE ORDER RE: SETTLEMENT
CONFERENCE

Defendant.

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(Doc. 69)

v.

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R. PADILLA,

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ORDER SETTING STATUS
CONFERENCE

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A settlement conference in this action is set for February 8, 2018, at 10:00 a.m. before the

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undersigned.1 (Doc. 69.) Pursuant to the Order re: Settlement Conference (“Order”), the parties

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were required to submit a confidential settlement statement to the Court no later than five (5)

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business days prior to the conference date. (Doc. 74 at 2.) No statement has been received from

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either party. This Court spends considerable time preparing for settlement conference so as to

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make it meaningful to the parties and increase the likelihood of settlement success. Settlement is

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extremely important in this district where the judges have one of the highest caseloads per judge in

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the United States and they are required in United States District Judge Dale A. Drozd’s cases. The

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settlement conference statement assists the Court in adequately preparing for these matters. They

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are not pro forma, and sanctions may be issued for failure to comply with an Order of the Court.

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Since the parties have failed to comply with the Order requiring the confidential settlement

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statement to be submitted to the Court, the February 8, 2018, settlement conference shall be

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vacated, and a telephonic status conference will be set in its place. At the telephonic status

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On January 19, 2018, the Court reiterated the parties’ requirement to attend the February 8, 2018, settlement
conference. (See Doc. 76.)

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conference, the parties will be expected to discuss the prospects of settlement and proposed dates

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for re-setting the settlement conference, as well as to show cause why sanctions should not issue

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for failure to submit their respective confidential settlement statements in compliance with the

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Order.

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

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The settlement conference set for February 8, 2018, is VACATED;

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A telephonic status conference is set before the undersigned for February 8, 2018,

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at 10:00 A.M. The parties shall call [phone], access code 6208204# at the

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scheduled time; and

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At the conference, the parties shall discuss the prospects of settlement, proposed

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dates for re-setting the settlement conference, and show cause why sanctions

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should not issue for failure to comply with the Order.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:

February 2, 2018

/s/

Sheila K. Oberto

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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