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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

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOHN LAMBERT,

Plaintiff,

v.

L. ROBLES,

Defendants. 

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Civil No.07cv1769 JM (NLS)

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S

EX PARTE APPLICATION TO

CONTINUE PRETRIAL AND TRIAL

PROCEEDINGS [Doc. No. 21]

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FIRST AMENDED SCHEDULING

ORDER REGULATING DISCOVERY

AND OTHER PRE-TRIAL

PROCEEDINGS

For good cause shown in Defendant’s application, the court GRANTS the ex parte application to

continue certain pretrial and trial dates. Accordingly, the court ORDERS:

1. The telephonic Mandatory Settlement Conference currently set for July 7, 2009 with

Magistrate Judge Nita L. Stormes is VACATED and RESET for November 16, 2009 at 2:30 pm.

Defense counsel shall make arrangements for incarcerated parties to appear telephonically. 

Counsel or any party representing himself or herself shall submit confidential settlement briefs directly

to chambers no later than November 9, 2009. Please see attached settlement conference procedures.

2. All pretrial motions must be filed on or before August 28, 2009. 

3. Counsel and unrepresented parties shall comply with the pre-trial disclosure requirements

of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(3) on or before December 11, 2009. 

4. Counsel and unrepresented parties shall meet and take the action required by Local Rule

16.1(f)(4) on or before December 18, 2009. 

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5. The Proposed Final Pretrial Conference Order, including objections to any other parties'

Federal Rule 26(a)(3) Pretrial Disclosures shall be prepared, served and lodged with the Clerk of the

Court on or before January 8, 2010, and shall be in the form prescribed in and in compliance with

Local Rule 16.1(f)(6).

6. The final Pretrial Conference currently scheduled for August 14, 2009 at 8:30 a.m is

VACATED and RESET for January 15, 2010 at 8:30 a.m. on the calendar of Judge Miller. The trial

is scheduled to commence on February 16, 2010 at 10:00 a.m.

7. The discovery deadline remains July 27, 2009.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: July 2, 2009

Hon. Nita L. Stormes

U.S. Magistrate Judge

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CHAMBERS OF MAGISTRATE JUDGE NITA L. STORMES

SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE PROCEDURES

 

ATTENDANCE: All parties, adjusters for insured defendants, and other representatives of a party having full

and complete authority to enter into a binding settlement, and the principal attorneys responsible for the

litigation, must be present and legally and factually prepared to discuss settlement of the case. Full

authority to settle means that the individuals at the settlement conference 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, 653 (7th Cir. 1989). The person needs to have

“unfettered discretion and authority” to change the settlement position of a party. Pitman v. Brinker Int’l,

Inc., 216 F.R.D. 481, 485-486 (D. Ariz. 2003). One of the purposes of requiring a person with unlimited

settlement authority to attend the conference is that the person’s view of the case may be altered during the

face-to-face conference. Pitman, 216 F.R.D. at 486. Limited or sum certain authority is not adequate. Nick

v. Morgan’s Foods, Inc., 270 F.3d 590, 595-597 (8th Cir. 2001). Failure of any of the aforementioned to

appear in person will result in the imposition of sanctions. Where settlement authority rests with a

governing body, counsel shall propose special arrangements in advance for securing timely authority to

settle. 

SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE BRIEFS: All parties are required to lodge a confidential settlement brief three

court days prior to the Settlement Conference. Settlement briefs should not exceed ten (10) pages in

length, double spaced, exclusive of exhibits, if any. Copies of all documents that might enhance the

productivity of negotiations (e.g., contracts, key correspondence or memos, reports of experts, photos,

medical bills, wage loss statements, selected pages from deposition transcripts or responses to other

discovery) should be attached as exhibits to the settlement briefs with significant portions highlighted for

easy reference. Parties may also attach as exhibits helpful judicial opinions and information about the

settlement or judgment value of comparable cases.

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IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE INFORMATION, EACH BRIEF

SHALL SET FORTH AT A MINIMUM, THE FOLLOWING

“REQUIRED” CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION:

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(1) A brief analysis of the key issues involved in the litigation;

(2) A description of the strongest and weakest legal and factual points in the party’s case;

(3) A description of the strongest and weakest legal and factual points in the opponent’s case;

(4) The status of any settlement negotiations, including the last settlement proposal made by each

party; and 

(5) The settlement proposal that the party is willing to make in order to conclude the matter and

spare the further expense of litigation.

Parties should hand deliver, mail or email the original only of settlement briefs directly to chambers. FAX

briefs will not be accepted. Briefs must be received in chambers no later than three (3) court days before

the Settlement Conference. Settlement briefs are confidential and shall not be served on opposing parties

nor shall they be filed with the Clerk of the Court. Briefs submitted by email should be sent to

efile_stormes@casd.uscourts.gov, and briefs submitted by mail should be sent to:

Honorable Nita L. Stormes 

 United States Magistrate Judge

U.S. Courthouse

940 Front Street, Room 1118

San Diego, California 92101-8921

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