Johnson v. Bai

Filing 8

ORDER SETTING EARLY SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE AND STAY signed by Senior Judge William B. Shubb on 11/10/16: Initial Scheduling Conference RESET for 2/27/2017 at 01:30 PM in Courtroom 5 (WBS) before Senior Judge William B. Shubb. Case stayed. (Kaminski, H)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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SCOTT JOHNSON,
Plaintiff,

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NO. CIV. 2:16-1698 WBS GGH
ORDER SETTING EARLY SETTLEMENT
CONFERENCE AND STAY

v.
XINLIANG BAI and DOES 1
through 10,
Defendant.

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The court has determined that this case is appropriate

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for an early settlement conference before the assigned magistrate

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judge.

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courtroom deputy no later than December 19, 2016, by phone or

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email, to schedule an early settlement conference.

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settlement conference shall be conducted no later than January

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23, 2017.

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is available at www.caed.uscourts.gov under the “Judges” tab.

The parties shall contact the assigned magistrate judge’s

The early

Contact information for the assigned magistrate judge

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Each party is ordered to have a principal with full

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settlement authority present at the conference or be fully

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authorized to settle the matter on any terms.

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seven days before the date of the settlement conference, counsel

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for each party shall submit a confidential Settlement Conference

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Statement to the settlement judge.

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filed, but shall be emailed to [e-mail].

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emailing the Settlement Conference Statement, each party shall e-

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file a one page document entitled “Notice of Submission of

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No later than

Such statements shall not be
Upon

Confidential Settlement Conference Statement.”
No later than seven days before the date of the early

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settlement conference, counsel for each party shall file a waiver

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of disqualification of the assigned magistrate judge pursuant to

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Local Rule 270(b).

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disqualification by each party, the settlement conference will be

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vacated and reassigned to another magistrate judge.

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Absent the filing of a waiver of

To avoid the unnecessary expenditure of costs and

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attorneys’ fees, this action is hereby stayed pending conclusion

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of the early settlement conference.

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after the settlement conference, the parties shall file a joint

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statement indicating whether a settlement was reached.

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The court hereby resets the Status (Pretrial

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Scheduling) Conference to February 27, 2017 at 1:30pm.

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settlement is not reached at the early settlement conference, the

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parties shall submit an Amended Joint Status Report no later than

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February 13, 2017.

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No later than five days

If a

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated:

November 10, 2016

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