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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

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TYRE’ID O.I. HODGES,

Plaintiff,

v.

JERALD SHARON, ET AL.,

Defendants.

No. 1:13-CV-00654-DAD-SAB

ORDER REGARDING SETTLEMENT 

CONFERENCE PROCEDURES

Consideration of settlement is a serious matter that requires thorough preparation prior to 

the settlement conference. Unless otherwise permitted in advance by the Court, the attorneys 

who will try the case shall appear at the Settlement Conference. Additionally, the parties and the 

person or persons having full authority to negotiate and settle the case on any terms must be 

present at the conference.1 Set forth below are the procedures the Court will employ when 

conducting the conference scheduled for November 29, 2016, at 1:00 p.m., before Magistrate 

Judge Erica P. Grosjean.

 

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Insurance carriers, business organizations, and governmental bodies or agencies whose settlement agreements are 

subject to approval by legislative bodies, executive committees, boards of directors or the like shall be represented by 

a person or persons who occupy high executive positions in the party organization and who will be directly involved 

in the process of approval of any settlement offers or agreements. To the extent possible, the representative shall 

have the authority, if he or she deems it appropriate, to settle the action on terms consistent with the opposing party's 

most recent demand.

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At least five (5) court days prior to the settlement conference, each party shall submit a 

Confidential Settlement Conference Statement in Word format directly to Judge Grosjean’s 

chambers at epgorders@caed.uscourts.gov. The statement shall not be filed on the docket or 

served on any other party. Each statement shall be clearly marked "confidential" with the date 

and time of the settlement conference clearly noted on the first page. The Confidential Settlement 

Conference Statement shall include the following:

A. A brief statement of the facts of the case.

B. A brief statement of the claims and defenses, i.e., statutory or other grounds 

upon which the claims are founded; a forthright evaluation of the parties' 

likelihood of prevailing on the claims and defenses; and a description of the major 

issues in dispute.

C. A summary of the proceedings to date.

D. An estimate of the cost and time to be expended for further discovery, pretrial 

and trial. 

E. The relief sought.

F. The party's position on settlement, including present demands and offers and a 

history of past settlement discussions, offers and demands. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 9, 2016 /s/

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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