Kachkoul v. Lindsay International Sales & Service, LLC, et al

Filing 28

ORDER granting 27 the parties' Joint Motion for Entry of Order to Compel Mediation or Settlement Conference. The parties are hereby ordered to mediate or confer with a view to settlement of this case. The parties shall advise the Court of t he status of this case and counsel's positions on case progression on October 24, 2016, or within five days after completing the mediation or settlement conference, whichever is earlier. Ordered by Magistrate Judge Thomas D. Thalken. (TRL)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA
IMAD YASSIN KACHKOUL,

8:15CV448

Plaintiff,
v.

ORDER TO COMPEL MEDIATION OR
SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE

LINDSAY INTERNATIONAL SALES &
SERVICE, LLC; and
DAVID B. DOWNING,
Defendants.

This matter is before the Court on the parties’ Joint Motion for Entry of Order to Compel
Mediation or Settlement Conference (Filing No. 27). The parties agree an order to compel
mediation or a settlement conference would facilitate a meeting among the parties to mediate or
arrive at settlement in this matter. In view of this stipulation, and good cause appearing, the
Court enters this Order to Compel Mediation or Settlement Conference.

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:
1.

The parties’ Joint Motion for Entry of Order to Compel Mediation or Settlement

Conference (Filing No. 27). The parties are hereby ordered to mediate or confer with a view to
settlement of this case.
2.

A mediation or settlement conference shall take place in Omaha, Nebraska, or

some other mutually agreed upon location within sixty days of the date of this Order. The
deadlines for an answer and planning conference report, as scheduled on August 1, 2016, remain.
See Filing No. 26.

3.

Plaintiff Imad Yassin Kachkoul must appear at the mediation or settlement

conference in person. Defendants Lindsay International Sales & Service, LLC and David B.
Downing must attend in the form of a person fully authorized to act on their behalf with full
settlement authority.
4.

The parties shall exercise good faith efforts to settle this controversy.

5.

The parties shall advise the Court of the status of this case and counsel's positions

on case progression on October 24, 2016, or within five days after completing the mediation or
settlement conference, whichever is earlier.
Dated this 18th day of August, 2016.
BY THE COURT:
s/ Thomas D. Thalken
United States Magistrate Judge

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