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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Insurance Contract

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10cv235-JM (BLM)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ROSALIE MAI, an individual,

Plaintiff,

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BERKSHIRE LIFE INSURANCE

COMPANY OF AMERICA, a business

entity of unknown form; and

DOES 1 through 10, inclusive,

Defendant. 

 

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Case No. 10cv235-JM (BLM)

ORDER DENYING JOINT MOTION AND

CONVERTING EARLY NEUTRAL

EVALUATION CONFERENCE TO

TELEPHONIC EARLY NEUTRAL

EVALUATION CONFERENCE

[Doc. No. 7]

On March 4, 2010, the parties to the above matter stipulated "that

the ENE Conference currently set for March 12, 2010, be continued to

April 9 at 10:00 a.m. and all related dates and deadlines, including the

parties’ initial disclosures..., be continued until after April 9,

2010.” Doc. No. 7. Pursuant to the Local Rules for the Southern

District of California, “stipulations must be recognized as binding on

the court only when approved by the judge” and "[a]ny stipulation for

which court approval is sought must be filed as a ‘joint motion.’” L.R.

7.2(a), (b). Therefore, the Court will construe the instant stipulation

as a joint motion. 

Citing the unavailability of Plaintiff’s counsel, the parties

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first request that the Early Neutral Evaluation Conference (“ENE”)

scheduled for March 12, 2010 be continued to April 9, 2010. Doc. No.

7. Local Rule 16.1(c) requires that an ENE take place within forty-five

days of the filing of the first answer. The parties proposed date is

well outside this time frame; therefore, their request is DENIED.

Instead, the Court CONVERTS the ENE to a telephonic, attorney-only ENE

to be held on March 11, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. The Court will initiate the

conference call. The parties need not submit confidential statements.

The parties also request that the deadline for initial disclosures

be continued until after April 9, 2010. Doc. No. 7. The Court notes

that the deadline for making the disclosures required by Federal Rule

of Civil Procedure 26(a)(1)(A) through (E) was February 26, 2010. See

doc. no. 5 at 5. However, the parties did not file the instant motion

until March 4, 2010, six days after the deadline had passed. Therefore,

the parties’ request is DENIED and they are ORDERED to immediately make

the required disclosures. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: March 5, 2010

BARBARA L. MAJOR

United States Magistrate Judge

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