Goldmas v. Van Wegen, et al.

Filing 26

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Deborah Barnes on 3/20/18 ORDERING ( Settlement Conference set for 5/8/2018 at 09:30 AM in Courtroom 24 (CKD) before Magistrate Judge Carolyn K. Delaney.) Parties are directed to submit confidential settlement stateme nts no later than May 1, 2018 to ckdorders@caed.uscourts.gov. Plaintiff shall mail his confidential settlement statement Attn: Magistrate Judge Carolyn K. Delaney, USDC CAED, 501 I Street, Suite 4-200, Sacramento, California 95814 so it arrives no later than May 1, 2018. The envelope shall be marked CONFIDENTIAL SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE STATEMENT. Parties are also directed to file a Notice of Submission of Confidential Settlement Statement (See L.R. 270(d))(cc: CKD)(Plummer, M)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 10 RONNIE GOLDMAS, 11 Plaintiff, 12 13 No. 2:16-cv-3009 JAM DB P v. ORDER SETTING SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE L. VAN WEGEN, et al., 14 Defendants. 15 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with an action under 16 17 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The court has determined that this case will benefit from a settlement 18 conference. Therefore, this case will be referred to Magistrate Judge Carolyn K. Delaney to 19 conduct a settlement conference at the U. S. District Court, 501 I Street, Sacramento, California 20 95814 in Courtroom #24 on May 8, 2018 at 9:30 a.m. A separate order and writ of habeas corpus ad testificandum will issue concurrently with 21 22 this order. 23 In accordance with the above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 24 1. This case is set for a settlement conference before Magistrate Judge Carolyn K. 25 Delaney on May 8, 2018 at 9:30 a.m. in Courtroom #24 at the U. S. District Court, 26 501 I Street, Sacramento, California 95814. 27 28 //// 1 2. Parties are instructed to have a principal with full settlement authority present at the 1 2 Settlement Conference or to be fully authorized to settle the matter on any terms. The 3 individual with full authority to settle must also have “unfettered discretion and 4 authority” to change the settlement position of the party, if appropriate. The purpose 5 behind requiring the attendance of a person with full settlement authority is that the 6 parties’ view of the case may be altered during the face to face conference. An 7 authorization to settle for a limited dollar amount or sum certain can be found not to 8 comply with the requirement of full authority to settle1. 3. Parties are directed to submit confidential settlement statements no later than May 1, 9 10 2018 to ckdorders@caed.uscourts.gov. Plaintiff shall mail his confidential settlement 11 statement Attn: Magistrate Judge Carolyn K. Delaney, USDC CAED, 501 I Street, 12 Suite 4-200, Sacramento, California 95814 so it arrives no later than May 1, 2018. 13 The envelope shall be marked “CONFIDENTIAL SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE 14 STATEMENT.” Parties are also directed to file a “Notice of Submission of 15 Confidential Settlement Statement” (See L.R. 270(d)). 16 17 Settlement statements should not be filed with the Clerk of the Court nor served on 18 any other party. Settlement statements shall be clearly marked “confidential” with 19 the date and time of the settlement conference indicated prominently thereon. 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 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). 1 2 1 2 The confidential settlement statement shall be no longer than five pages in length, 3 typed or neatly printed, and include the following: 4 a. A brief statement of the facts of the case. 5 b. A brief statement of the claims and defenses, i.e., statutory or other grounds upon 6 which the claims are founded; a forthright evaluation of the parties’ likelihood of 7 prevailing on the claims and defenses; and a description of the major issues in 8 dispute. 9 10 11 c. A summary of the proceedings to date. d. An estimate of the cost and time to be expended for further discovery, pretrial, and trial. 12 e. The relief sought. 13 f. The party’s position on settlement, including present demands and offers and a 14 15 16 17 history of past settlement discussions, offers, and demands. g. A brief statement of each party’s expectations and goals for the settlement conference. Dated: March 20, 2018 18 19 20 21 SP/DLB:9 DB/orders/prisoner-civil rights/gold3009.med 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 3

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