Virgin Records America, Inc v. Thomas

Filing 243

Virgin Records America, Inc v. Thomas

Doc. 243

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA ****************** Capitol Records, Inc., a Delaware corporation; Sony BMG Music Entertainment, a Delaware general partnership; Arista Records, LLC, a Delaware corporation; Interscope Records, a California general partnership; Warner Bros. Records, Inc., a Delaware corporation; and UMG Recordings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Plaintiffs, vs. Jammie Thomas, Defendant. Civ. No. 06-1497 (MJD/RLE) SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE ORDER

******************* Pursuant to instructions by the Hon. Chief Judge Michael J. Davis, a Settlement Conference in the above-entitled matter is set for Tuesday, May 12, 2009, at 10:00 o'clock a.m., before Chief Magistrate Judge Raymond L. Erickson, in Court Room No. 3, Gerald W. Heaney Federal Building and United States Courthouse and Customhouse, 515 W. First St., Duluth, Minnesota, according to the following terms: 1. Counsel who will try the case and a representative of each party with full authority

to enter into a compromise settlement agreement must attend the Settlement Conference. 2. At the Conference, counsel for each party shall be prepared to present a 20 minute

summation, with such demonstrative aids as desired, of the factual and legal grounds upon which

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their respective client is entitled to a Jury Verdict and to the entry of Judgment on that Verdict. Following the Summary Trial to the Court, the parties shall engage in a Court-assisted Mediation. 3. The Settlement Conference will also address all matters contemplated by Rule 16,

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and a continuance of the Conference will only be granted for good cause shown upon formal Motion served and filed in accordance with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Local Rules. 4. 5. Counsel's attention is drawn to Rule 16(f), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Please contact the undersigned's scheduling clerk, Victoria L. Miller, 218-529-3520,

immediately if this case has settled. BY THE COURT:

DATED: April 1, 2009

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Raymond L. Erickson CHIEF U.S. MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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