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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Contract Dispute

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

AMERICAN PIPE LINING INC., a California

corporation,

Civil No. 07-cv-1575-BEN (POR)

Plaintiff, ORDER SCHEDULING SETTLEMENT

CONFERENCE

v.

CONSTITUTION INSURANCE COMPANY;

RLI INSURANCE COMPANY,

Defendant.

On August 23, 2007, the Court held a case management conference. John Brick and Teah

Lupton appeared on behalf of Defendant RLI Insurance Co. and Robert Adler, David Baumgarten

and Gerald Yamada appeared on behalf of Plaintiff. After discussion with counsel about the status

of the case, the Court sets a settlement conference on September 4, 2007 at 11:00 a.m. in the

chambers of the Honorable Louisa S Porter. The parties shall lodge a confidential settlement

statements directly with Judge Porter’s chambers via email to efile_porter@casd.uscourts.gov on or

before August 30, 2007. The settlement statements should include a neutral factual statement of the

case and discuss legal issues solely limited to the ones to be addressed at the settlement conference. 

The settlement statements shall not be filed with the Clerk of the Court, nor shall they be served on

opposing counsel.

All parties and claims adjusters for insured defendants and representatives with complete

authority to enter into a binding settlement, as well as the principal attorney(s) responsible for the

litigation, must be present and legally and factually prepared to discuss and resolve the case at the

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mandatory settlement conference. All conference discussions will be informal, off the record,

privileged and confidential. Settlement conferences shall not be rescheduled without a showing of

good cause and adequate notice to the Court. If counsel wish to reschedule this conference, they

shall contact the Court at least 5 days prior to the conference. Absent exceptional circumstances, the

Court will not reschedule this conference with less than 5 days notice. Only in extreme

circumstances will the Court reschedule a mandatory settlement conference with less than 24 hours

notice.

If the case does not settle, a case management conference shall be held immediately

following the settlement conference. 

DATED: August 24, 2007

LOUISA S PORTER

United States Magistrate Judge

cc: The Honorable Rogert T. Benitez

all parties

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