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Nature of Suit Code: 446
Nature of Suit: Americans with Disabilities Act - Other
Cause of Action: 42:12101 Americans w/ Disabilities Act (ADA)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAMUEL LOVE,

Plaintiff,

v.

JOSEPH J. TRAPANI, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 18-cv-06289-SI 

ORDER SETTING STATUS

CONFERENCE FOR FRIDAY JUNE 7, 

2019 AT 3:00 PM AND ORDERING 

COUNSEL TO ATTEND IN PERSON

On February 11, 2019, this Court entered a consent decree drafted and signed by the parties 

in this case. Dkt. No. 11. The consent decree was agreed to by plaintiff Samuel Love and defendants 

Joseph Trapani, Teresa Trapani, and Mobile-Tech Automotive, Inc., and it settles the portion of this 

case relating to injunctive relief. The consent decree was signed by Farrell Goodman, Esq., on 

behalf of plaintiff.

On May 24, 2019, the Court held a case management conference in this case. Prior to the 

conference, the parties filed separate case management conference statements (in violation of this 

Court’s standing order). Plaintiff’s statement was filed by Amanda Lockhart Seabock, Esq. 

Plaintiff’s statement made no mention of the consent decree and proposed a discovery and litigation 

schedule as if no settlement had occurred. Defendants’ statement represented, consistent with the 

existence of the consent decree, that all that remained in this case was a determination of damages. 

Ms. Seabock did not attend the case management conference, and instead Mr. Goodman represented 

plaintiff.1 At the conference, the Court ordered plaintiff to make a settlement demand regarding 

damages no later than May 31, 2019, and referred this case to a magistrate judge for settlement of 

 

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 Mr. Goodman has not entered an appearance in this case, and it is unclear what his 

affiliation is to plaintiff’s counsel of record. 

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damages. Dkt. No. 16.

On May 29, 2019, plaintiff filed three separate motions for entry of default as to each of the 

defendants, based on defendants’ failure to file an answer. The motions were filed by Ms. Seabock. 

Because defendants have appeared in this case – and because the parties have settled injunctive 

relief and are actively negotiating damages – entry of default is wholly inappropriate, and the Court 

has instructed the Clerk not to enter default against defendants.

The Court schedules a status conference in this case for Friday June 7, 2019 at 3:00 

p.m. Counsel, including Ms. Seabock and Mr. Goodman, are ordered to attend in person.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 3, 2019 ______________________________________

SUSAN ILLSTON

United States District Judge

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