Madsen v. Risenhoover et al

Filing 244

ORDER re 242 Scheduling Conference, Set Hearings. Order setting video settlement conference 9/24/15 10:00 AM. Telephonic Status Conference set for 9/8/2015 01:00 PM before Magistrate Judge Nandor J. Vadas. Signed by Judge Nandor J. Vadas on 8/19/2015. (njvlc1, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 8/19/2015)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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EUREKA DIVISION

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RICK MADSEN,

Case No. 09-cv-05457-SBA (NJV)

Plaintiff,
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v.
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SUE E. RISENHOOVER, et al.,

United States District Court
Northern District of California

Defendants.

ORDER SETTING SETTLEMENT
CONFERENCE IN PRO SE PRISONER
SETTLEMENT PROGRAM, SETTING
STATUS CONFERENCE AND
REQUIRING MEET AND CONFER
Re: Dkt. No. 242

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TO ALL PARTIES AND COUNSEL OF RECORD:
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You are hereby notified that a settlement conference is scheduled in this case for 10:00
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a.m. on September 24, 2015. The settlement conference will be conducted via video conferencing,
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with Counsel appearing from Courtroom D on the 15th floor of the United States Courthouse in
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San Francisco, and the Court appearing from Eureka.
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Counsel are ORDERED to meet and confer telephonically to discuss settlement of this
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case. The legal representative of the CDCR must be present at this telephonic meeting.
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The matter is HEREBY SET for a telephonic status conference on September 8, 2015, at
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1:00 p.m. The parties shall dial 888-684-8852 and enter access code 1868782 to attend the status
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conference. At the status conference, the parties shall report on the outcome of their meeting
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regarding settlement.
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Lead trial counsel shall appear at the settlement conference with the parties and persons
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having full authority to negotiate and settle the case. A person who needs to call another person
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not present before agreeing to any settlement does not have full authority. To the extent that such
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consultations are necessary, they must be made in advance of the settlement conference.
Personal attendance of a party representative will rarely be excused by the Court, and then

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only upon separate written application demonstrating substantial hardship served on opposing

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counsel and lodged as early as the basis for the hardship is known.

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Confidential settlement conference statements shall be mailed or emailed

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([e-mail]) to and received by chambers no later than September 15, 2015. The

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parties shall report on the outcome of their settlement discussions in their settlement conference

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statements.

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Any request to continue the settlement conference shall state the reason therefor and be
submitted in writing as soon as possible well in advance of the scheduled conference date.

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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Requests to vacate the settlement referral must be made to the referring Judge, not Magistrate

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Judge Vadas.

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The parties shall notify the undersigned's Chambers immediately at [phone] if this
case settles prior to the date set for the settlement conference.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: August 19, 2015
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NANDOR J. VADAS
United States Magistrate Judge

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