R. Q. v. Tehachapi Unified School District

Filing 45

ORDER RE: SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE, signed by Magistrate Judge Jennifer L. Thurston on 12/6/2017. Settlement Conference set for 1/10/2018 at 10:00 AM in Bakersfield, 510 19th Street before Magistrate Judge Jennifer L. Thurston. (Hall, S)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 R.Q., by and through his guardian ad litem CHARIS QUATRO , 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. 14 15 TEHACHAPI UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, 16 Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No.: 1:16-cv-01485 - LJO - JLT ORDER RE: SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE 17 18 On November 29, 2017, the Court referred the matter to set a settlement conference. (Doc. 19 44) It will occur on January 10, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. at the United States Courthouse, located at 510 20 19th Street, Bakersfield, California. Thus, the Court ORDERS: 21 1. Unless otherwise permitted in advance by the Court, the attorneys who will try the 22 case shall appear at the Settlement Conference with the parties and the person or persons having 23 full authority to negotiate and settle the case on terms discussed at the conference. Consideration 24 of settlement is a serious matter that requires preparation prior to the settlement conference. Set 25 forth below are the procedures the Court will employ, absent good cause, in conducting the 26 conference: 27 2. At least 21 days before the settlement conference, Plaintiff SHALL submit to 28 1 1 Defendant via fax or e-mail, a written itemization of damages and a meaningful1 settlement 2 demand, which includes a brief explanation of why such a settlement is appropriate; 3. 3 Thereafter, no later than 14 days before the settlement conference, Defendant 4 SHALL respond via fax or e-mail, with an acceptance of the offer or with a meaningful 5 counteroffer, which includes a brief explanation of why such a settlement is appropriate. 4. 6 If settlement is not achieved, each party SHALL attach copies of their settlement 7 offers to their Confidential Settlement Conference Statement, as described below. Copies of these 8 documents shall not be filed on the court docket. 5. 9 At least one week before the Settlement Conference, the parties shall submit, 10 directly to chambers by e-mail to JLTOrders@caed.uscourts.gov, a Confidential Settlement 11 Conference Statement. The statement should not be filed with the Clerk of the Court nor served on 12 any other party, although the parties may file a Notice of Lodging of Settlement Conference 13 Statement. Each statement shall be clearly marked “confidential” with the date and time of the 14 Settlement Conference indicated prominently thereon; 6. 15 The Confidential Settlement Conference Statement shall include the following: 16 A. A brief statement of the facts of the case; 17 B. A brief statement of the claims and defenses, i.e., statutory or other grounds 18 upon which the claims are founded; a forthright evaluation of the parties’ likelihood of prevailing 19 on the claims and defenses; and a description of the major issues in dispute; 20 C. A summary of the proceedings to date; 21 D. An estimate of the cost and time to be expended for further discovery, 22 pretrial and trial; 23 E. 24 /// 25 /// 26 The relief sought; /// 27 28 1 “Meaningful” means that the offer is reasonably calculated to settle the case on terms acceptable to the offering party. “Meaningful” does not include an offer which the offering party knows will not be acceptable to the other party. 2 F. 1 2 The party’s position on settlement, including present demands and offers and a history of past settlement discussions, offers and demands. 3 4 5 6 IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: December 6, 2017 /s/ Jennifer L. Thurston UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 3

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