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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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 "Full authority to settle" means that the individuals at the

settlement conference must be authorized to fully explore settlement

options and to agree at that time to any settlement terms acceptable

to the parties. Heileman Brewing Co., Inc. v. Joseph Oat Corp., 871

F.2d 648 (7th Cir. 1989). The person needs to have "unfettered

discretion and authority" to change the settlement position of a

party. Pitman v. Brinker Intl., Inc., 216 F.R.D. 481, 485-486 (D.

Ariz. 2003). The purpose of requiring a person with unlimited

settlement authority to attend the conference includes that the person's

view of the case may be altered during the face to face conference. Id.

at 486. A limited or a sum certain of authority is not adequate. Nick

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Cynthia Christine Bloomfield,

Plaintiff,

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Imperial County, et al., 

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Civil No.06cv1340 JM(PCL)

NOTICE AND ORDER FOR EARLY

NEUTRAL EVALUATION CONFERENCE

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that an Early Neutral Evaluation of your

case will be held on April 10, 2008, at 9:30 a.m. before United

States Magistrate Judge Peter C. Lewis, United States Courthouse,

2003 W. Adams Ave., El Centro, California. 

Pursuant to Rule 16.1(c) of the Local Rules of the United

States District Court for the Southern District of California, both

counsel and the parties who have full and unlimited authority1 to

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v. Morgan's Foods, Inc., 270 F.3d 590 (8th Cir. 2001).

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negotiate and enter into a binding settlement shall appear in person

at the conference and shall be prepared to discuss the claims,

defenses and damages. 

Unless there are extraordinary circumstances, persons

required to attend the conference pursuant to this Order shall not

be excused from personal attendance. Requests for excuse from

attendance for extraordinary circumstances shall be made in writing

at least 48 hours prior to the conference. Where the suit involves

the United States or one of its agencies, only counsel for the

United States with full settlement authority need appear. All

conference discussions will be informal, off the record, privileged

and confidential.

The parties may, but are not required to, submit a short

Early Neutral Evaluation Conference Statement about the case on a

confidential basis.

In the event the case does not settle at the Early Neutral

Evaluation Conference, the parties shall also be prepared to discuss

the following matters at the conclusion of the conference.

1. Any anticipated objections under Federal Rule of Civil

Procedure 26(a)(1)(E) to the initial disclosure provisions of

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(1)(A-D);

2. The scheduling of the Federal Rule of Civil Procedure

26(f) conference;

3. The date of initial disclosure and the date for lodging

the discovery plan following the Rule 26(f) conference; and,

4. The scheduling of a Case Management Conference pursuant

to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16(b).

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The Court will issue an appropriate order addressing these

issues and setting dates as appropriate.

Plaintiff's counsel shall notify all Defendants of the date

and time of the Early Neutral Evaluation Conference. Questions

regarding this case may be directed to the Magistrate Judge's law

clerk at (760) 353-1271.

DATED: March 25, 2008 

Peter C. Lewis

U.S. Magistrate Judge

United States District Court

cc: The Honorable Jeffrey T. Miller

 All Parties

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