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Nature of Suit Code: 230
Nature of Suit: Rent, Lease, Ejectment
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Breach of Contract

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Plaza 75 Shopping Center, LLC, a

Delaware limited liability company, 

Plaintiff, 

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Big Lots Stores, Inc., an Ohio corporation,

Defendant. 

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No. CV-10-0592-PHX-DGC

ORDER

Upon review of Defendant Big Lots Stores, Inc.’s (“Big Lots”) Motion for

Relief from Settlement Conference Order Regarding Physical Appearance, Big Lots’

unequivocal “willingness to participate in a settlement conference provided that Big Lots’

representative was permitted to appear telephonically[,] doc. 21 at 2 (emphasis added), and

the Settlement Conference Order mandating the physical appearance of Big Lots’ corporate

representative with full and complete authority to discuss and settle the case, doc. 19 at 2,

IT IS ORDERED that the settlement conference currently scheduled for

August 6, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. is hereby VACATED. 

The parties are encouraged to consider a privately-retained mediator who will

likely allow party representatives to appear telephonically. If, after significant discovery is

completed and all corporate representatives agree to all of the requirements set forth in the

Settlement Conference Order, the undersigned Magistrate Judge will reschedule a settlement

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conference upon receipt of a written stipulation without the necessity of another referral. 

In light of the untimeliness of Big Lots’ Motion, filed one day before the due

date for the parties’ settlement conference memoranda, Plaintiff may seek sanctions, if

warranted, for the time spent preparing Plaintiff’s settlement conference memorandum by

filing a motion with the assigned District Judge who may elect to refer it to the undersigned

Magistrate Judge. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Big Lots’ Motion for Relief from

Settlement Conference Order Regarding Physical Appearance, doc. 21, is DENIED as moot.

Dated this 30th day of July, 2010.

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