Williams v. Potter

Filing 81

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF'S SECOND REQUEST FOR RELIEF FROM SETTLEMENT (whalc2, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 5/4/2009) (Additional attachment(s) added on 5/4/2009: # 1 Certificate of Service) (dt, COURT STAFF).

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 v. JOHN E. POTTER, POSTMASTER GENERAL, Defendant. / ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF'S SECOND REQUEST FOR RELIEF FROM SETTLEMENT KATHERINE WILLIAMS, Plaintiff, No. C 08-00026 WHA IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

United States District Court

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For the Northern District of California

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In this pro se employment action, a settlement conference was held before Magistrate Judge Maria-Elena James at which the case settled. Plaintiff subsequently filed letters in which she requested relief from her decision to settle. Briefing on the letters was invited, and a March 2009 order denied the requests finding that plaintiff had entered a valid, binding settlement agreement. The March 2009 order directed the government to make the settlement payment and, upon the filing of a declaration confirming payment, that the case be closed. The government has confirmed payment but, before the case was closed, plaintiff filed additional letters requesting that the matter again be reconsidered. Plaintiff's latest letters raise similar arguments as her prior ones -- that she felt pressure to settle at the conference and now regrets the decision. The Court previously reviewed the transcript, however, and found that plaintiff entered a binding settlement agreement. Plaintiff's latest request is DENIED; the case has settled. The Clerk shall close the file. IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: May 4, 2009.

WILLIAM ALSUP UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE