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Nature of Suit Code: 446
Nature of Suit: Americans with Disabilities Act - Other
Cause of Action: 42:12101 Americans with Disabilities Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SCOTT JOHNSON,

Plaintiff,

v.

PATRICIA SUMMERS, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2:14-cv-1268-JAM-KJN

ORDER

Pending before the court is plaintiff’s motion for discovery sanctions. (ECF No. 12.) In

an attempt to avoid the accumulation of attorneys’ fees through potentially unnecessary motion 

practice and hearings, the court orders the parties to first meet and confer to explore settlement, 

and finds it appropriate to also schedule a settlement conference in this matter. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. No later than September 4, 2015, the parties shall meet and confer, at a minimum by 

telephone, to explore potential settlement of the case.

2. If the parties are unable to reach a settlement through their own efforts, the parties 

shall file, no later than September 4, 2015, a joint statement, signed by counsel for all 

parties, outlining: (a) when and where the meet-and-confer session took place; (b) 

who was present; (c) whether the parties are amenable to having a settlement 

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conference conducted before the assigned magistrate judge and agree to waive any 

disqualification by virtue of the assigned magistrate judge also acting as the settlement 

judge; and (d) if agreeable to a settlement conference before the assigned magistrate 

judge, proposed dates for the settlement conference that have been cleared with the 

undersigned’s courtroom deputy clerk. If the parties do not agree to waive 

disqualification, the court will refer the case for a settlement conference before another 

magistrate judge.

3. Upon review of the parties’ joint statement, the court will schedule the settlement 

proceedings. 

4. The motion for discovery sanctions (ECF No. 12) is denied without prejudice to its 

refiling after the settlement conference, if necessary. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: August 18, 2015

 

 

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