Rodriguez v. IGTO Specialities LLC

Filing 24

*ORDER Scheduling Settlement Conference Signed by Magistrate Judge Jonathan Goodman on 6/14/2012. (dkc)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA

MIAMI DIVISION

CASE NO. 12-20307-CIV-GRAHAM/GOODMAN

EDWIN RODRIGUEZ,
Plaintiff,
v.
IGTO SPECIALITIES LLC
d/b/a CALAMARI RESTAURANT,
Defendants .
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ORDER SCHEDULING SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE

This matter having been referred to me for a settlement conference by United
States District Judge Donald L. Graham, it is hereby ordered that a settlement conference
wi II take place in Chambers on the 4th Floor of the C. Clyde Atkins Building and United
States Courthouse, 301 North Miami Avenue, Miami, Florida, on Tuesday, July 3, 2012
from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. The conference will be conducted without a court reporter

so that no record of the proceedings will be maintained.
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Attendance : The settlement conference shall be attended by all counsel of

record, a corporate representative for each corporate party, and all individual parties.
Corporate representatives shall have full authorization to negotiate, submit, and accept
offers of settlement. For the plaintiff, this means a person authorized to accept a with­
prejudice dismissal, without the receipt of any damages. For the defendant, this means a
representative with sufficient settlement authority to meet the plaintiffs damages demand
in full. I
2.

Computation of Damages:

At least four days before the settlement

conference, plaintiff must submit to defendant an itemized computation of the alleged
In exceptional circumstances, an individual may request to be excused from
personally attending if (I) counselor another individual has full, written authorization to
negotiate, submit, and accept all offers of settlement and (2) the individual moves for,
and receives, a court order granting the request.

damages.

Plaintiff shall provide the Court with a copy of this computation at the

beginning of the settlement conference.
3.

Binding Settlement Offers:

The parties must submit binding, written

settlement offers to each other at approximately 5:00 p.m. the day before the settlement
conference. The parties shall advise the Court of the offers at the beginning of the
settlement conference.
4.

Confidential Statements:

Each party shall prepare a confidential

settlement conference statement, which shall consist of a short summary of the

procedural posture of the case and a description of the specific claims still at issue,
including each party's evidentiary support and defenses. The parties should also include
any other details that they believe are important to achieving settlement in this case. The
confidential settlement conference statement shall be more than a mere summary of the
complaint or the affirmative defenses. It should advise the Court of the party's position
on the strengths of that party's own case and the weaknesses of the opponent's position.
This statement will be confidential and will be read only by the Undersigned and the law
clerk working on the file. To that end , the parties are instructed to email their statements
to the Undersigned's e-file inbox at [e-mail] .gov no later than Thursday,
June 28, 2012 at 12:00 p.m.

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DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers, at Miami, Florida, this

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an Goodman
ited States Magistrate Judge
Copies furnished to :
Honorable Donald L. Graham
All counsel of record

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