Mitchell v. County Of Monterey

Filing 193

ORDER continuing status conference re. settlement. Signed by Judge James Ware on November 15, 2011. (jwlc2, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 11/15/2011)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 9 Daniel J. Mitchell, 10 NO. C 08-01166 JW Plaintiff, ORDER CONTINUING STATUS CONFERENCE RE. SETTLEMENT 11 County of Monterey, et al., For the Northern District of California United States District Court v. 12 Defendants. 13 14 / On September 27, 2011, the parties in this case informed the Court that they have “reached a 15 conditional settlement.” (See Docket Item No. 190.) On September 30, 2011, in light of the 16 settlement, the Court vacated all trial and pretrial dates and set November 21, 2011 for a Status 17 Conference re. Settlement. (See Docket Item No. 191.) The Court stated that “[i]n the event that the 18 terms of the settlement are finalized and proper authorization is given by the County earlier than the 19 status date, the parties shall inform the Court by way of a Status Statement and select a date for 20 Preliminary Approval of Settlement in accordance with the Court’s calendar.” (Id. at 1.) 21 On November 11, 2011, the parties filed a Joint Status Conference Statement contending that 22 the settlement agreement “has been approved by the County of Monterey Board of Supervisors,” but 23 that Plaintiffs’ counsel is still “in the process” of “obtaining the last few remaining signatures to the 24 settlement agreement from the individual Plaintiffs.” (See Docket Item No. 192 at 1-2.) The parties 25 contend that they “anticipate filing a complete settlement agreement with all signatures with the 26 Court on or before November 21, 2011.” (Id. at 2.) 27 28 In light of the parties’ contentions, the Court finds good cause to CONTINUE the Status Conference re. Settlement to December 5, 2011 at 10 a.m. On or before November 23, 2011, the 1 parties shall file a Joint Status Conference Statement setting forth, inter alia, the status of the parties 2 for finalizing the settlement and how much additional time is requested to finalize the settlement. In 3 the event that the terms of the settlement are finalized earlier than the status date, the parties shall 4 inform the Court by way of a Status Statement and select a date for Preliminary Approval of 5 Settlement in accordance with the Court’s calendar.1 6 7 8 Dated: November 15, 2011 JAMES WARE United States District Chief Judge 9 11 For the Northern District of California United States District Court 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 1 27 28 In this event, the December 5 Status Conference re. Settlement shall be automatically vacated. 2 1 THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT COPIES OF THIS ORDER HAVE BEEN DELIVERED TO: 2 David Emilio Mastagni davidm@mastagni.com David Philip Mastagni dmastagni@mastagni.com Isaac Sean Stevens istevens@mastagni.com James Byron Carr jcarr@mastagni.com James Byron Carr jcarr@mastagni.com William K. Rentz rentzb@co.monterey.ca.us 3 4 5 6 Dated: November 15, 2011 Richard W. Wieking, Clerk 7 By: 8 9 11 For the Northern District of California United States District Court 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 /s/ JW Chambers Susan Imbriani Courtroom Deputy

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