Short v. United States of America et al

Filing 23

ORDER Granting re 22 CONTINUANCE OF CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE. Case Management Statement due by 2/8/2011. Case Management Conference set for 2/15/2011 02:00 PM. Signed by Judge Claudia Wilken on 11/19/2010. (ndr, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 11/19/2010)

Short v. United States of America et al

Doc. 23

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PETER A. LINDH (061907) MARKER E. LOVELL, JR. (208659) GIBSON ROBB & LINDH LLP 100 First Street, 27th Floor San Francisco, California 94105 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Email: [e-mail] Attorneys for Defendant THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Edward M. Bull, III, Esq., SBN 141996 Amy Jo Bull, Esq., SBN 135939 BRODSKY MICKLOW BULL & WEISS LLP 384 Embarcadero West, Suite 200 Oakland, CA 94607-3704 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Attorneys for Plaintiff RON SHORT

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RON SHORT,

) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, in ) personam, and R/V POINT SUR, its ) engines, tackle, apparel, furniture, etc., in ) rem, ) ) Defendants. ) ____________________________________)

Case No. CV 09 3505 CW JOINT STATUS REPORT AND STIPULATION AND ORDER CONTINUING CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE Case Management Conference: Time:

November 30, 2010 2:00 p.m.

The parties hereto, by and through their counsel of record herein, hereby provide the following Joint Status Report and Stipulation and Proposed Order Continuing Case Management Conference as follows:
JOINT STATUS REPORT AND REQUEST FOR CONTINUANCE Case No. CV 09 3505 CW; Our File No. 8001.84

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WHEREAS the Court held its initial case management conference in this matter on July 20, 2010, and at that time ordered a further case management conference to be set for November 30, 2010; and WHEREAS on or about August 26, 2010 Plaintiff's treating doctor found him to be permanent and stationary, but permanently disabled from his prior career as a ship's captain; and WHEREAS the Plaintiff has been making best efforts to evaluate his vocational options (and damages), including undergoing vocational counseling and testing; and WHEREAS the parties have agreed to complete certain exchanges of information (including formal initial disclosures) and then to participate in a mediation before Chris Lavdiotis; and WHEREAS the above evaluations and exchanges will be completed in the coming days, and well before the currently scheduled case management conference, but the earliest day the parties could secure a full day mediation with Mr. Lavdiotis and have attendance of insurance representatives of the defendant with full settlement authority was January 26, 2011; and WHEREAS the parties are hopeful that the mediation will be successful and obviate the need for a further case management conference; and WHEREAS the parties will be prepared to set a trial and related dates if the case does not

THE PARTIES HEREBY STIPULATE and respectfully request that the Court order that the parties be given until January 26, 2011 to complete private mediation, and continue the current case management conference from November 30, 2010, to a date convenient to the Court following the January 26, 2011 mediation. Respectfully submitted, Dated: November 17, 2010 GIBSON ROBB & LINDH LLP By: /S/ Marker E. Lovell, Jr. Marker E. Lovell, Jr. Attorneys for Defendant THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA [e-mail]
JOINT STATUS REPORT AND REQUEST FOR CONTINUANCE Case No. CV 09 3505 CW; Our File No. 8001.84

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JOINT STATUS REPORT AND REQUEST FOR CONTINUANCE Case No. CV 09 3505 CW; Our File No. 8001.84

Dated: November 17, 2010

BRODSKY MICKLOW BULL & WEISS LLP By: /S/ Edward M. Bull, III Edward M. Bull, III Amy Jo Bull Attorneys for Plaintiff RON SHORT [e-mail]

ORDER Based on the stipulation of the parties and good cause appearing to support the requested continuance, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the parties shall have until January 26, 2011 to complete mediation, and that the case management conference currently set for November 30, 2010 is hereby vacated, and a new case management conference set for 2:00 p.m on February 15, 2011 at 2:00 p.m.

DATED: 11/19/2010

____________________________________ HON. CLAUDIA WILKEN UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

CERTIFICATE OF SIGNATURE I attest that the content of this document is acceptable to attorney, MARKER E. LOVELL, JR. , and that he authorized me to sign the document on his behalf.

/s/ Edward M. Bull III

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