Johnson v. White, et al.

Filing 27

ORDER SETTING SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE signed by Magistrate Judge Stanley A. Boone on 7/11/2017. Settlement Conference set for 9/18/2017 at 08:30 AM at Corcoran State Prison before Magistrate Judge Barbara A. McAuliffe. (Jessen, A)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 VANCE EDWARD JOHNSON, 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. 14 Case No.: 1:16-cv-00710-LJO-SAB (PC) ORDER SETTING SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE ON SEPTEMBER 18, 2017 WHITE, et al., 15 Defendants 16 17 Plaintiff Vance Edward Johnson is appearing pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights 18 action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The Court has determined that this case will benefit from a 19 settlement conference. Therefore, this case will be referred to Magistrate Judge Barbara A. McAuliffe 20 to conduct a settlement conference at the California State Prison, Corcoran (CSP-COR), 4001 King 21 Avenue, Corcoran, CA 93212 on September 18, 2017, at 8:30 a.m. The Court will issue the necessary 22 transportation order in due course. 23 In accordance with the above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 24 1. McAuliffe on September 18, 2017, at CSP-COR. 25 26 This case is set for a settlement conference before Magistrate Judge Barbara A. 2. A representative with full and unlimited authority to negotiate and enter into a binding 27 28 1 settlement shall attend in person.1 1 3. 2 Those in attendance must be prepared to discuss the claims, defenses and damages. 3 The failure of any counsel, party or authorized person subject to this order to appear in 4 person may result in the imposition of sanctions. In addition, the conference will not 5 proceed and will be reset to another date. 4. 6 Defendants shall provide a confidential settlement statement to the following email 7 address: bamorders@caed.uscourts.gov. 8 settlement statement to U.S. District Court, 2500 Tulare Street, Fresno, California, 9 93721, “Attention: Magistrate Judge Barbara A. McAuliffe.” The envelope shall 10 be marked “Confidential Settlement Statement”. Settlement statements shall arrive no 11 later than September 11, 2017. Parties shall also file a Notice of Submission of 12 Confidential Settlement Statement (See Local Rule 270(d)). Settlement statements 13 should not be filed with the Clerk of the Court nor served on any other party. 14 Settlement statements shall be clearly marked Aconfidential@ with the date and time of 15 the settlement conference indicated prominently thereon. 5. 16 Plaintiff shall mail his confidential The confidential settlement statement shall be no longer than five pages in length, typed or neatly printed, and include the following: 17 a. 18 A brief statement of the facts of the case. 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1 While the exercise of its authority is subject to abuse of discretion review, “the district court has the authority to order parties, including the federal government, to participate in mandatory settlement conferences… .” United States v. United States District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands, 694 F.3d 1051, 1053, 1057, 1059 (9th Cir. 2012)(“the district court has broad authority to compel participation in mandatory settlement conference[s].”). The term “full authority to settle” means that the individuals attending the mediation conference must be authorized to fully explore settlement options and to agree at that time to any settlement terms acceptable to the parties. G. Heileman Brewing Co., Inc. v. Joseph Oat Corp., 871 F.2d 648, 653 (7th Cir. 1989), cited with approval in Official Airline Guides, Inc. v. Goss, 6 F.3d 1385, 1396 (9th Cir. 1993). The individual with full authority to settle must also have “unfettered discretion and authority” to change the settlement position of the party, if appropriate. Pitman v. Brinker Int’l., Inc., 216 F.R.D. 481, 485-86 (D. Ariz. 2003), amended on recon. in part, Pitman v. Brinker Int’l., Inc., 2003 WL 23353478 (D. Ariz. 2003). The purpose behind requiring the attendance of a person with full settlement authority is that the parties’ view of the case may be altered during the face to face conference. Pitman, 216 F.R.D. at 486. An authorization to settle for a limited dollar amount or sum certain can be found not to comply with the requirement of full authority to settle. Nick v. Morgan’s Foods, Inc., 270 F.3d 590, 596-97 (8th Cir. 2001). 2 b. 1 A brief statement of the claims and defenses, i.e., statutory or other grounds upon 2 which the claims are founded; a forthright evaluation of the parties= likelihood of 3 prevailing on the claims and defenses; and a description of the major issues in dispute. 4 c. An estimate of the cost and time to be expended for further discovery, pretrial, and trial. 5 d. The party=s position on settlement, including present demands and offers and a history of past settlement discussions, offers, and demands. 6 e. 7 A brief statement of each party=s expectations and goals for the settlement conference, including how much a party is willing to accept and/or willing to pay. 8 9 10 IT IS SO ORDERED. 11 Dated: 12 July 11, 2017 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 3

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