Johnson v. Patel

Filing 28

ORDER signed by District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller on 05/02/16 ORDERING that a Settlement Conference is SET for 9/1/2016 at 10:00 AM in Courtroom 8 (EFB) before Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan; confidential settlement conference statements are du e 7 days prior; each party shall e-file a one page document entitled "Notice of Submission of Confidential Settlement Conference Statement"; the 05/12/16 status conference before Judge Mueller is VACATED and will be reset as needed (cc: EFB). (Benson, A)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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SCOTT JOHNSON,

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No. 2:14-cv-02052-KJM-CKD

Plaintiff,
v.

ORDER

MIKE PATEL, et al.,
Defendants.

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On January 12, 2016, the court directed the parties to meet and confer to discuss

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settlement of this action. On March 14, 2016, the parties filed a joint status report informing the

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court they had exhausted their efforts to resolve this matter. On March 23, 2016, the court lifted

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the stay and set a Status Conference.

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With private efforts having proved unsuccessful, the court sends this case to a court

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convened settlement conference before a magistrate judge of this court. Magistrate Judge

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Edmund F. Brennan has been randomly selected. A settlement conference is scheduled before

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Judge Brennan for September 1, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. in Courtroom No. 8, 13th Floor.

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The parties are directed to submit confidential settlement conference statements via e-mail

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([e-mail]) to chambers seven (7) days prior to the settlement conference.

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Such statements are neither to be filed with the clerk nor served on opposing counsel. However,

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each party shall e-file a one page document entitled Notice of Submission of Confidential
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Settlement Conference Statement. The parties may agree, or not, to serve each other with the

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settlement statements. Each party is reminded of the requirement that it be represented in person

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at the settlement conference by a person able to dispose of the case or fully authorized to settle

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the matter at the settlement conference on any terms. See Local Rule 270.

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If the parties are unable to settle this case before the magistrate judge, they shall file a
joint status report within fifteen days after the settlement conference.
The Status Conference set for May 12, 2016 before Judge Mueller is vacated and will be

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reset as needed.

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DATED: May 2, 2016

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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