Johnson v. Sharma et al

Filing 7

ORDER REFERRING CASE TO VDRP AND STAYING PROCEEDINGS signed by Senior Judge William B. Shubb on 10/3/2017 ORDERING: The court has determined that this case is appropriate for an early settlement conference and will refer the action to the court' ;s Voluntary Dispute Resolution Program ("VDRP"). Within fourteen (14) days of this Order, the parties shall contact the court's VDRP administrator, Sujean Park, at (916) 930-4278 or SPark@caed.uscourts.gov, to start the process of selecting an appropriate neutral. Any party that objects to this referral to the VDRP shall file its objections within seven (7) days of this Order. The parties shall complete the VDRP session no later than 12/5/2017. The court hereby reset s the Scheduling Conference for 1/16/2018 at 01:30 PM in Courtroom 5 (WBS) before Senior Judge William B. Shubb. If a settlement is not reached through VDRP, the parties shall submit an Amended Joint Status Report no later than 1/2/2018. [See document for further details.] cc: VDRP Admin. (Kirksey Smith, K)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ----oo0oo---- 11 12 SCOTT JOHNSON, Plaintiff, 13 14 15 16 17 ORDER REFERRING CASE TO VDRP AND STAYING PROCEEDINGS v. RAJ KUMAR SHARMA; NAMARTA SHARMA; SRIHAN ENTERPRISE, INC., a California Corporation; and Does 1-10, Defendants. 18 ----oo0oo---- 19 20 NO. CIV. 2:17-01183 WBS CKD The court has determined that this case is appropriate 21 for an early settlement conference and will refer the action to 22 the court’s Voluntary Dispute Resolution Program (“VDRP”). 23 IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that: 24 1. Within fourteen (14) days of this Order, the 25 parties shall contact the court’s VDRP administrator, Sujean 26 Park, at (916) 930-4278 or SPark@caed.uscourts.gov, to start the 27 process of selecting an appropriate neutral. 28 carefully review and comply with Local Rule 271, which outlines 1 The parties shall 1 the specifications and requirements of the VDRP. 2 2. Any party that objects to this referral to the 3 VDRP shall file its objections within seven (7) days of this 4 Order. 5 believes that the action is not appropriate for referral to the 6 VDRP. Such objections shall clearly outline why that party 7 3. To avoid the unnecessary expenditure of costs and 8 attorneys’ fees, this action is hereby stayed to provide the 9 parties time to complete the VDRP session. No later than five 10 (5) days after completion of the VDRP session, the parties shall 11 file a joint statement indicating whether a settlement was 12 reached. 13 4. The parties shall complete the VDRP session no 14 later than December 5, 2017. 15 (Pretrial Scheduling) Conference for January 16, 2018 at 16 1:30 p.m. 17 parties shall submit an Amended Joint Status Report no later than 18 January 2, 2018. 19 20 The court hereby resets the Status If a settlement is not reached through VDRP, the IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: October 3, 2017 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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