Weldon v. Anaya

Filing 28

REQUEST TO VACATE SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE AND ORDER, signed by Magistrate Judge Stanley A. Boone on 11/28/2016. (November 30, 2016, at 11:00 a.m. -*VACATED*)(Martin-Gill, S)

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DOUGLAS T. SLOAN, City Attorney
CITY OF FRESNO
By: Erica M. Camarena, Supervising Deputy City Attorney (#227981)
([e-mail])
2600 Fresno Street, Room 2031
Fresno, California 93721-3602
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

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Attorneys for Defendant RUDY ANAYA

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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PAUL WELDON,
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Plaintiff,

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vs.

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RUDY ANAYA

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Defendant.

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) Case No.: 1:15-CV-00856-DAD-MJS
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) REQUEST TO VACATE SETTLEMENT
) CONFERENCE AND ORDER
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Defendant, City of Fresno Police Officer, Rudy Anaya (“Anaya”), hereby requests an

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order from this Honorable Court vacating the Settlement Conference currently scheduled on

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November 30, 2016, at 11:00 a.m.

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In accordance with the Scheduling Order on file herein, the parties are “DIRECTED” to

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contact this Court’s staff if it is clear this case is not in a settlement posture, to either make

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arrangements for a continuance or to take it off calendar. (Scheduling Order at Court Docket No.

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14 at 10:3-6.)

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Here, Officer Anaya does not believe this case is in a settlement posture as Plaintiff, Paul

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Weldon (“Weldon”) has failed to produce any evidence of liability, much less damages, to

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support his case. As such, Officer Anaya is not in a position to offer any meaningful settlement.

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DATED: November 23, 2016

Respectfully submitted,

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DOUGLAS T. SLOAN
City Attorney

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By:

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/s/ Erica M. Camarena
ERICA M. CAMARENA
Supervising Deputy City Attorney
Attorneys for Defendant, RUDY ANAYA

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ORDER

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Having read and considered Defendant’s request to vacate the Mandatory Settlement
Conference and having determined good cause exists, the Court GRANTS this request and
hereby VACATES the Settlement Conference on November 30, 2016, at 11:00 a.m.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated:

November 28, 2016
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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