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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1446pi Notice of Removal- Personal Injury

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MINUTES OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

BAXTER-HORTON v. DOLLAR TREE STORES, INC. Case No.: 18cv2603 LAB(RBB) 

 Time Spent:

HON. RUBEN B. BROOKS CT. DEPUTY VICKY LEE Rptr. 

Attorneys 

Plaintiffs Defendants 

 

PROCEEDINGS: ☐ In Chambers ☐ In Court ☐ Telephonic 

On August 14, 2019, Plaintiff filed an application for telephonic appearance at the settlement conference 

scheduled for September 10, 2019 [ECF No. 22]. Defendant filed an opposition on August 20, 2019 [ECF No. 

23]. 

Plaintiff's application to appear by telephone at the settlement conference due to the expense associated with 

travel to San Diego does not establish good cause for Plaintiff to be excused from personally attending the 

conference. The Court has previously made clear that it expects Plaintiff to personally attend in-person 

conferences set by the Court. See, e.g., Mins., July 9, 2019, ECF No. 16 (requiring all parties and counsel to be 

present at settlement conference); Mins., Jan. 7, 2019, ECF No. 9 (denying Plaintiff's application for telephonic 

appearance at early neutral evaluation conference). Plaintiff's request to appear by telephone at the settlement 

conference is accordingly DENIED.

However, the application sets forth good cause to continue the settlement conference to a later date due to the 

impending birth of Plaintiff's grandchild. Accordingly, the in-person settlement conference set for September 

10, 2019 is continued to October 9, 2019, at 10:00 a.m. in Magistrate Judge Brooks's chambers, 333 West 

Broadway, Suite 1080, San Diego, California. All parties and counsel shall be present at the conference. 

Parties other than individuals shall bring a non-lawyer representative with complete authority to enter into a 

binding settlement and a claims adjuster, if appropriate. Settlement conference briefs shall be submitted to 

Magistrate Judge Brooks’s chambers on or before October 2, 2019. 

Additionally, a telephonic attorneys-only settlement conference is set for September 24, 2019, at 8:30 a.m. 

Counsel for Plaintiff is to initiate the call. 

DATE: August 21, 2019 IT IS SO ORDERED: 

 Ruben B. Brooks, 

U.S. Magistrate Judge 

cc: Judge Burns 

 All Parties of Record

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