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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

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LAWRENCE PEPE CARDOZA,

Plaintiff,

vs.

M. TANN, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:11-cv-01386-RRB

ORDER SETTING

SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE

Plaintiff Lawrence Pepe Cardoza is a state prisonerproceeding throughcounsel inan

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

Kendall J. Newman for the Court’s Settlement Week program to conduct a settlement

conference at the U. S. District Court, 501 I Street, Sacramento, California 95814 in

Courtroom #25 on June 4, 2015 at 1:00 p.m.

A separate order and writ of habeas corpus ad testificandum will issue concurrently

with this order. Accordingly,

1. This case is set for a settlement conference before Magistrate Judge Kendall

J. NewmanonJune 4, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. at the U.S. District Court, 501 IStreet,Sacramento,

California 95814 in Courtroom #25.

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2. A representative with full and unlimited authority to negotiate and enter into a

binding settlement 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 inpersonmayresult inthe impositionof sanctions. Inaddition, the conference will not

proceed and will be reset to another date.

4. Parties are directed to exchange non-confidentialsettlementstatements seven

days priorto the settlement conference. These statements shall simultaneouslybe delivered

to the court using the following email address: kjnorders@caed.uscourts.gov. If a party

desires to share additional confidential informationwiththe court, theymaydo so pursuant to

the provisions of Local rule 270(d) and (e).

IT IS SO ORDERED this 30th day of March, 2015.

S/ RALPH R. BEISTLINE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

1 While the exercise of its authority is subject to abuse of discretion review, “the district court

has the authority to order parties, including the federal government, to participate in mandatory

settlement conferences... .” United States v. United States District Court for the Northern Mariana

Islands, 694 F.3d 1051, 1053, 1057, 1059 (9

th Cir. 2012)(“the district court has broad authority to

compel participation in mandatory settlement conference[s].”). The term “full authority to settle”

means that the individuals attending the mediation conference must be authorized to fully explore

settlement options and to agree at that time to any settlement terms acceptable to the parties. G.

Heileman Brewing Co., Inc. v. Joseph Oat Corp., 871 F.2d 648, 653 (7

th Cir. 1989), cited with

approval in Official Airline Guides, Inc. v. Goss, 6 F.3d 1385, 1396 (9

th Cir. 1993). The individual

with full authority to settle must also have “unfettered discretion and authority” to change the

settlement position of the party, if appropriate. Pittman v. Brinker Int’l., Inc., 216 F.R.D. 481, 485-86

(D. Ariz. 2003), amended on recon. in part, Pitman v. Brinker Int’l., Inc., 2003 WL 23353478 (D. Ariz.

2003). The purpose behind requiring the attendance of a person with full settlement authority is that

the parties’ view of the case may be altered during the face to face conference. Pitman, 216 F.R.D.

at 486. An authorization to settle for a limited dollar amount or sum certain can be found not to

comply with the requirement of full authority to settle. Nick v. Morgan’s Foods, Inc., 270 F.3d 590,

596-97 (8

th Cir. 2001).

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