Felarca et al v. Birgeneau et al

Filing 367

ORDER by Judge Kandis A. Westmore regarding personal attendance at the 2/27/2015 Further Settlement Conference. The parties may submit motions for administrative relief on or before 2/25/2014 in accordance with this order. Signed by Judge Kandis A. Westmore on 2/23/2015. (kawlc1, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 2/23/2015)

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1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 YVETTE FELARCA, et al., Case No. 11-cv-05719-YGR (KAW) Plaintiffs, 8 ORDER REGARDING PERSONAL ATTENDANCE AT THE 2/27/2015 SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE v. 9 10 ROBERT J. BIRGENEAU, et al., Defendants. United States District Court Northern District of California 11 12 13 All individuals who have authority to settle this lawsuit must be present. Since this is a 14 further settlement conference, however, the Court will excuse the parties from personal attendance 15 upon request, as follows: 16 1. Lead counsel for the plaintiffs and lead counsel for each set of defendants shall file 17 one administrative motion for relief to excuse personal attendance on behalf of all of his/her 18 clients requiring such relief on or before February 25, 2015. Each motion shall clearly identify 19 all represented individuals requesting relief from personal attendance and those who will be 20 attending the settlement conference. 21 2. New Declarations: Declarations from each individual party seeking relief must be 22 attached as a tabbed exhibit to their counsel’s respective motion for administrative relief and 23 contain the following: 24 25 26 a. Identify the individual or attorney who has full authority to settle the action on his/her behalf. b. Explicitly state that the party understands that he/she will not be consulted 27 during the February 27, 2015 settlement conference, via telephone or otherwise, 28 and waives the right to approve any settlement that may be agreed to on his/her 1 behalf. Any party who does not wish to delegate full settlement authority to a 2 representative who will be present at the settlement conference, must attend the 3 settlement conference personally. 4 c. Signature: The declaration may contain an electronic signature for the purposes 5 of filing, but a declaration with an original signature must be provided to the 6 Court upon check-in at the settlement conference. 7 3. Proposed Order: Each administrative motion shall be accompanied by a proposed 8 order that lists all individuals requesting relief in a check box format, so that the Court may excuse 9 the attendance of some or all of the parties. 10 4. Chambers Copies: The parties shall furnish chambers copies of the declarations to United States District Court Northern District of California 11 the Court, with an original signature (photocopy/fax transmission is acceptable so long as counsel 12 certifies that he/she has a copy of the original signature or that it is in transit; electronic signature 13 is not acceptable) on or before February 26, 2015 at 12:00 p.m. If the hard copies of the 14 declarations (electronic filing is insufficient) are not timely received by the Clerk’s office, the 15 order granting the request will be rescinded and personal attendance will be required. 16 5. All Parties: On or before February 26, 2015 at 12:00 p.m., all parties shall advise 17 Ms. Imbriani as to how many people (attorneys, parties, and representatives of government 18 agencies and/or insurance careers, if applicable) will be in attendance at the settlement conference. 19 6. Defendants shall contact Courtroom Deputy Susan Imbriani at (510) 637-3525 no 20 later than February 26, 2015 at 12:00 p.m. to advise whether each set of defendants, represented 21 by the three respective law firms, require separate rooms for the settlement conference. 22 23 24 25 IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: February 23, 2015 ______________________________________ KANDIS A. WESTMORE United States Magistrate Judge 26 27 28 2

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