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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GERALD RIGHETTI,

Plaintiff(s),

v.

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF

CORRECTIONS, et al.,

Defendant(s).

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No. C03-0780 SBA (BZ)

ORDER SCHEDULING 

SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE

The above matter was referred to Magistrate Judge Bernard

Zimmerman for the purpose of attempting to finalize the

settlement reached at the earlier conference.

You are hereby notified that a settlement conference is

scheduled for Tuesday, January 16, 2007, at 10:00 a.m., in

Courtroom G, 15th Floor, Federal Building, 450 Golden Gate

Avenue, San Francisco, California 94102.

Lead trial counsel shall appear at the Settlement

Conference with the parties. Defendant shall arrange for

plaintiff to attend the settlement conference in person. If any

special Writ or Order is required to accomplish this, defendant

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shall submit a proposed form by no later than December 11, 2006.

Defendant shall be represented by a person or persons not

directly involved in the events which gave rise to the

litigation but with full authority to negotiate a settlement. A

person who needs to call another person not present before

accepting, rejecting or making any settlement offer does not

have full authority. Personal attendance of those ordered to

appear will NOT be excused.

Each party shall prepare a Settlement Conference Statement,

which must be served on opposing counsel and lodged (not faxed)

with my chambers no later than seven calendar days prior to the

conference. The Statement shall not be filed with the Clerk of

the Court. The Statement may be submitted on CD-ROM with

hypertext links to exhibits. Otherwise, the portion of exhibits

on which the party relies shall be highlighted. The Settlement

Conference Statement shall not exceed ten pages of text and

twenty pages of exhibits and shall include an explanation of why

a settlement agreement has not been signed and a brief statement

of what each party believes are the obstacles to settlement.

The focus of this settlement conference will be to

determine why the settlement reached at the earlier conference

has not been consummated. Each party is directed to submit

along with its Statement, a copy of the most current version of

the settlement agreement which it is prepared to sign. The copy

of the settlement agreement shall also be submitted on a

diskette formatted in WordPerfect 6, 8, 9 or 10 or may be emailed to the following address: bzpo@cand.uscourts.gov

 Along with the Statement each party may lodge with the

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court a document of no more than three pages containing a candid

evaluation of that party’s position and any other information

that party wishes not to share with opposing counsel. The more

candid the parties are, the more productive the conference will

be. This document shall not be served on opposing counsel.

The parties shall notify Magistrate Judge Zimmerman's

chambers immediately if this case settles prior to the date set

for settlement conference. Counsel shall provide a copy of this

order to each party who will participate in the conference.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 30, 2006

 Bernard Zimmerman

 United States Magistrate Judge

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