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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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07cv2229 WQH (WMc)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

WILLIAM A. HOGUE, by and

through his Guardian ad Litem

CASSI DePAOLI,

Plaintiff,

v.

CITY OF HOLTVILLE, a Public

Entity, et al.,

Defendants. 

 

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Case No. 07cv2229 WQH (WMc)

NOTICE AND ORDER FOR EARLY

NEUTRAL EVALUATION CONFERENCE

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that an Early Neutral Evaluation of your

case will be held on February 21, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. in the chambers

of the Honorable William McCurine, Jr., United States Magistrate

Judge, 940 Front Street, Courtroom C, San Diego, California, 92101.

Absent extraordinary circumstances, requests for continuances will

not be considered unless submitted in writing no less than fourteen

(14) days prior to the scheduled conference.

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

United States District Court for the Southern District of

California, all named parties, all counsel, and any other person(s)

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whose authority is required to negotiate and enter into settlement

shall appear in person at the conference, shall be prepared to

discuss the claims and defenses, and shall be legally and factually

prepared to discuss and resolve the case at the Early Neutral

Evaluation conference. Full authority to settle means that the

individual present at the settlement conference has the unfettered

discretion and authority to: 1) fully explore settlement options

and to agree at that time to any settlement options; 2) agree at

that time to any settlement terms acceptable to the parties; 3)

change the settlement position of a party; and 4) negotiate

monetary awards without being restricted to a specific sum certain.

Where the suit involves the United States or one of its

agencies, only United States counsel with full settlement authority

need appear. As to all other parties, appearance by litigation

counsel only is not acceptable.

Requests to be excused from attendance for extraordinary

circumstances must be in writing and received by the Court at least

fourteen (14) days prior to the conference. Failure of required

counsel and parties to appear in person will be cause for the

imposition of sanctions. Sanctions will include, but are not

limited to, the attorney's fees and travel costs of the other

parties in the case. In addition, the conference will not proceed

and will be reset to another date. All conference discussions will

be informal, off the record, privileged, and confidential.

Counsel for any non-English speaking parties is responsible

for arranging for the appearance of an interpreter at the

conference.

In cases where a party is incarcerated at the time of the

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scheduled conference, arrangements will be made for the

incarcerated party to appear telephonically.

The parties are required to submit a short Early Neutral

Evaluation Conference Statement about the case on a confidential

basis no later than seven (7) days before the conference.

Rule 26 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure shall apply to

this case. All discovery shall be stayed until after the Rule

26(f) conference, unless otherwise permitted by Rule 26(f) or court

order. 

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).

Plaintiff's counsel shall give written notice of the Early

Neutral Evaluation Conference to parties responding to the

complaint after January 10, 2008.

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Questions regarding this case may be directed to the

Magistrate Judge's law clerk at (619) 557-6624.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: January 10, 2008

Hon. William McCurine, Jr.

U.S. Magistrate Judge

United States District Court

COPY TO:

HONORABLE WILLIAM Q. HAYES, U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE

ALL PARTIES AND COUNSEL OF RECORD

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NOTICE OF RIGHT TO CONSENT TO TRIAL

BEFORE A UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF 28 U.S.C. §

636(c), YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT A U.S. MAGISTRATE JUDGE OF

THIS DISTRICT MAY, UPON THE CONSENT OF ALL PARTIES, ON FORM 1A

AVAILABLE IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE, CONDUCT ANY OR ALL PROCEEDINGS,

INCLUDING A JURY OR NON-JURY TRIAL, AND ORDER THE ENTRY OF A

FINAL JUDGMENT. COUNSEL FOR THE PLAINTIFF SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE

FOR OBTAINING THE CONSENT OF ALL PARTIES, SHOULD THEY DESIRE TO

CONSENT.

YOU SHOULD BE AWARE THAT YOUR DECISION TO CONSENT OR

NOT TO CONSENT IS ENTIRELY VOLUNTARY AND SHOULD BE COMMUNICATED

SOLELY TO THE CLERK OF COURT. ONLY IF ALL PARTIES CONSENT WILL

THE JUDGE OR MAGISTRATE JUDGE TO WHOM THE CASE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED

BE INFORMED OF YOUR DECISION.

JUDGMENTS OF THE U.S. MAGISTRATE JUDGES ARE

APPEALABLE TO THE U.S. COURT OF APPEALS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS

STATUTE AND THE FEDERAL RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE.

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