Koegel v. Government Employees Insurance Company

Filing 21

ORDER signed by District Judge Troy L. Nunley on 4/15/16 ORDERING is matter is currently set for trial on 6/6/16. However, due to a conflict with the Court's calendar, the Court hereby VACATES the trial date and the Final Pretrial Conference H earing set for 4/21/16. The Court's docket cannot accommodate a trial until summer 2017. The parties are hereby ordered to file a joint statement with this Court within thirty (30) days of the entry of this order notifying the Court as to whether a settlement conference would be beneficial and whether they would like to consent to the jurisdiction of the magistrate judge. (Becknal, R)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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JOANNE KOEGEL,

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Plaintiff,

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No. 2:14-cv-00256-TLN-EFB

v.

ORDER

GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES
INSURANCE COMPANY,
Defendant.

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This matter is currently set for trial on June 6, 2016. However, due to a conflict with the
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Court’s calendar, the Court hereby VACATES the trial date and the Final Pretrial Conference
Hearing set for April 21, 2016. Thus, this matter must be reset for trial. However, the Court’s

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docket cannot accommodate a trial until summer 2017.
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Therefore, the Court hereby orders the parties to meet and confer as to whether both
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parties are willing to attend a settlement conference before the magistrate judge and whether the
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parties are amenable to consenting to the jurisdiction of the magistrate judge in order to have their
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trial concluded in a more timely matter. The parties are hereby ordered to file a joint statement
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with this Court within thirty (30) days of the entry of this order notifying the Court as to whether
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a settlement conference would be beneficial and whether they would like to consent to the

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jurisdiction of the magistrate judge.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: April 15, 2016

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Troy L. Nunley
United States District Judge

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