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Nature of Suit Code: 870
Nature of Suit: Tax Suits
Cause of Action: 28:1346 Recovery of IRS Tax

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MINUTES OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CZAJKOWSKI v. U.S.A. No. 07CV1114-LAB(LSP)

HON. LEO S. PAPAS CT. DEPUTY JENNIFER YAHL Rptr. 

Attorneys

Plaintiffs Defendants

The parties’ Joint Motion to Extend Discovery and Move Settlement

Conference Date is GRANTED. (Doc. 23)

The deadline for completion of discovery is continued to February 20, 2009.

The date and time of the Settlement Conference on February 9, 2009, at 9

a.m. is vacated and reset for February 17, 2009, at 2:30 p.m. All parties

or their representatives who have full and unlimited authority to enter

into a binding settlement, in addition to the attorneys participating in

the litigation, shall be present at the conference. "Full authority to

settle" means that the individuals at the settlement conference must be

authorized to fully explore settlement options and to agree at that time to

any settlement terms acceptable to the parties. Heileman Brewing Co., Inc.

v. Joseph Oat Corp., 871 F.2d 648 (7th Cir. 1989). The person needs to

have "unfettered discretion and authority" to change the settlement

position of a party. Pitman v. Brinker Intl., Inc., 216 F.R.D. 481, 485-

486 (D. Ariz. 2003). The purpose of requiring a person with unlimited

settlement authority to attend the conference includes that the person's

view of the case may be altered during the face to face conference. Id. at

486. A limited or a sum certain of authority is not adequate. Nick v.

Morgan's Foods, Inc., 270 F.3d 590 (8th Cir. 2001).

All other case management dates are unchanged.

 X Copies to: Counsel of Record Notified by Telephone

DATED: January 27, 2009

Hon. Leo S. Papas

U.S. Magistrate Judge

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