United States of America v. City of Espanola

Filing 84

ORDER by Magistrate Judge Karen B. Molzen vacating settlement conference and setting alternative deadlines at the request of the parties due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (KBM)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant,
PUEBLO OF SANTA CLARA,
Plaintiff-Intervenor/Counter-Defendant,
v.

CIV No. 16-0391 SWS/MLC

CITY OF ESPAÑOLA, a New Mexico
Municipal Corporation,
Defendant/Counter-Claimant
And
CITY OF ESPAÑOLA, a New Mexico
Municipal Corporation,
Third-Party Plaintiff,
v.
DANIELS INSURANCE AGENCY, INC.,
Third-Party Defendants.

ORDER VACATING SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE AND SETTING
ALTERNATIVE SETTLEMENT DEADLINES
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the
Settlement Conference set for THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 2020, at 9:00 a.m. IS HEREBY
CANCELLED.
Alternatively, the United States shall provide the Court and the parties, by April
16, 2020, with its reports from Bohannan Huston and Daniel B. Stephen & Associates,
and, by June 1, 2020, with its damages report from Brooks Pearsall Zantow LLC, to

initiate settlement discussions. The Parties shall review the reports and engage the
United States with any questions and requests for supplemental or clarifying information
through counsel for the United States. Any party may request this Court’s assistance to
facilitate those discussions.
Once the parties are prepared to have substantive settlement negotiations and,
assuming it is safe to reconvene in light of COVID-19, the Court will schedule a
settlement conference to begin settlement negotiations in this case.

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UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE