Filed: Oct. 13, 2017
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Summary: ORDER SETTING SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE DEBORAH BARNES , Magistrate Judge . Plaintiff is a former state prisoner proceeding through counsel in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. 1983. The court has determined that this case will benefit from a settlement conference. Therefore, this case will be referred to Magistrate Judge Allison Claire to conduct a settlement conference at the U.S. District Court, 501 I Street, Sacramento, California 95814 in Courtroom #26 on January 18, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. I
Summary: ORDER SETTING SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE DEBORAH BARNES , Magistrate Judge . Plaintiff is a former state prisoner proceeding through counsel in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. 1983. The court has determined that this case will benefit from a settlement conference. Therefore, this case will be referred to Magistrate Judge Allison Claire to conduct a settlement conference at the U.S. District Court, 501 I Street, Sacramento, California 95814 in Courtroom #26 on January 18, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. In..
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ORDER SETTING SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE
DEBORAH BARNES, Magistrate Judge.
Plaintiff is a former state prisoner proceeding through counsel in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The court has determined that this case will benefit from a settlement conference. Therefore, this case will be referred to Magistrate Judge Allison Claire to conduct a settlement conference at the U.S. District Court, 501 I Street, Sacramento, California 95814 in Courtroom #26 on January 18, 2018 at 9:00 a.m.
In accordance with the above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:
1. This case is set for a settlement conference before Magistrate Judge Allison Claire on January 18, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. at the U.S. District Court, 501 I Street, Sacramento, California 95814 in Courtroom #26.
2. A representative with full and unlimited authority to negotiate and enter into a binding settlement on defendants' behalf shall attend in person.1
3. Those in attendance must be prepared to discuss the claims, defenses and damages. The failure of any counsel, party or authorized person subject to this order to appear in person may result in the imposition of sanctions. In addition, the conference will not proceed and will be reset to another date.
4. Each party shall provide a confidential settlement conference statement to the Court using the following email address: acorders@caed.uscourts.gov. Statements are due at least 7 days prior to the settlement conference.
Settlement statements should not be filed with the Clerk of the Court nor served on any other party. Settlement statements shall be clearly marked "confidential" with the date and time of the settlement conference indicated prominently thereon.
The confidential settlement statement shall be no longer than five pages in length, typed or neatly printed, and include the following:
a. A brief statement of the facts of the case.
b. A brief statement of the claims and defenses, i.e., statutory or other grounds upon which the claims are founded; a forthright evaluation of the parties' likelihood of prevailing on the claims and defenses; and a description of the major issues in dispute.
c. A summary of the proceedings to date.
d. An estimate of the cost and time to be expended for further discovery, pretrial, and trial.
e. The relief sought.
f. The party's position on settlement, including present demands and offers and a history of past settlement discussions, offers, and demands.
g. A brief statement of each party's expectations and goals for the settlement conference.
