A.Y.O., v. Enloe Medical Center

Filing 64

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Jeremy D. Peterson on 11/18/2022 SETTING a Pre-Settlement Conference on 12/2/2022 at 02:00 PM before Magistrate Judge Jeremy D. Peterson. A Settlement Conference is SET for 12/9/2022 at 10:00 AM before Magistrate Judge Jeremy D. Peterson. No later than 11/28/2022, each party must submit a confidential settlement conference statement, to Magistrate Judge Peterson. (Mena-Sanchez, L)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 A.Y.O., 12 13 14 15 16 17 Case No. 2:21-cv-00285-KJM-JDP Plaintiff, v. ENLOE MEDICAL CENTER, Defendant. ORDER (1) SETTING SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE, (2) REQUIRING PERSONAL ATTENDANCE BY CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS, (3) REQUIRING SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE STATEMENT MEETING CERTAIN PARAMETERS, AND (4) SCHEDULING PRE-CONFERENCE DISCUSSION Magistrate Judge Jeremy D. Peterson will hold a settlement conference by Zoom on 18 December 9, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. The Zoom settlement conference invitation will be distributed 19 the week prior. The court expects that the parties will proceed with the settlement conference in 20 good faith and attempt to resolve all or part of the case. If any party believes that the settlement 21 conference will not be productive, that party shall so inform the court as far in advance of the 22 settlement conference as possible. Unless otherwise specifically authorized by the court in 23 advance of the settlement conference, the following individuals must participate in the settlement 24 conference: (1) all of the attorney(s) who will try the case; (2) the parties; and (3) individuals with 25 full authority to negotiate and settle the case, on any terms. 26 No later than November 28, 2022, each party must submit to Judge Peterson’s chambers 27 at jdporders@caed.uscourts.gov a confidential settlement conference statement. These statements 28 should neither be filed on the docket nor served on any other party. The statements should be 1 marked “CONFIDENTIAL” and should state the date and time of the conference. While brevity 2 is appreciated, each statement must include: 3 (1) a brief recitation of the facts; 4 (2) a discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of the case, from your party’s 5 perspective; 6 7 (3) an itemized estimate of your party’s expected costs for further discovery, pretrial, and trial matters, in specific dollar terms; 8 9 (4) your best estimate of the probability that plaintiff will obtain a finding of liability should this case proceed to trial, in percentage terms; 10 11 (5) should this case proceed to trial and defendant be found liable, please provide the following, in specific dollar terms: 12 13 (a) a realistic high-end recovery estimate (i.e., realistic best- or worst-case scenario) 14 15 (b) a realistic low-end recovery estimate (i.e., realistic worst- or best-case scenario), and 16 (c) a best estimate of the most likely outcome; 17 (6) a history of settlement discussions, including: 18 (a) a statement of your expectations for settlement discussions; 19 (b) a listing of any past and present settlement offers from any party (including all 20 terms); 21 22 23 24 25 26 (c) whether your party would consider making the opening offer or demand, and what that offer might be1; (7) a list of the individuals who will be participating in the settlement conference on your party’s behalf, including each participant’s name and, if appropriate, title; (8) identification of any related cases or of any other cases that the parties might wish to discuss at this settlement conference; and 27 1 28 Please note that Judge Peterson will consider this response, among others, in evaluating whether proceeding with a settlement conference appears worthwhile. 1 2 3 4 5 (9) a completed worksheet (blank version attached) highlighting your responses to certain of the above questions. In addition, a joint statement quoting the specific proposed language for the Settlement Agreement and Affidavit including each party’s contentions with respect thereto. Judge Peterson will hold a short, pre-settlement conference telephone discussion on 6 December 2, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. (dial-in number: 1-888-557-8511; passcode: 1273468). Only the 7 lead attorney from each side2 should participate. At Judge Peterson’s discretion, the joint 8 telephonic discussion may be followed by private telephonic discussions between the judge and 9 each party. 10 In accordance with the above, it is hereby ORDERED that: 11 1. A pre-settlement conference is set before Magistrate Judge Peterson on December 2, 12 13 14 15 16 2022 at 2:00 p.m. 2. A settlement conference is set before Magistrate Judge Peterson on December 9, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. 3. No later than November 28, 2022, each party must submit a confidential settlement conference statement, as described above, to Magistrate Judge Peterson. 17 18 19 Dated: November 18, 2022 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 2 28 The court expects that the attorneys participating in the telephone discussion will also participate in the settlement conference. Pre-Settlement Worksheet Please fill in each value below Additional cost to your party expected for . . . discovery . . . pretrial . . . trial Estimated probability of liability finding Realistic high-end estimate of recovery by P Realistic low-end estimate of recovery by P Best estimate of recovery by P Last offer/demand (if any) previously made by your party Last offer/demand (if any) previously made by opposing party Proposed next offer/demand by your party $ $ $ % $ $ $ $ $ $

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