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Nature of Suit Code: 710
Nature of Suit: Fair Labor Standards Act
Cause of Action: 29:201 Fair Labor Standards Act

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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1 This is a putative class action in which no class has been certified. The

deadline for filing a motion seeking certification has passed.

NOT FOR CITATION

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

MARTIN PEDRAZA, VALENTIN PEDRAZA

and FELIPE SALINAS, on behalf of themselves

and others similarly situated,

Plaintiffs,

 v.

SELEX, INC., REUBEN BORG dba BORG

REDWOOD FENCES and DOES 2-10,

Defendants. /

No. C08-04710 HRL

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFFS’

REQUEST FOR A SETTLEMENT

CONFERENCE

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE

SETTLEMENT

[Re: Docket 62]

Plaintiffs advise that this case has settled.1 Accordingly, the April 27, 2010 pretrial

conference and the trial set to begin on May 3, 2010 have been vacated.

Plaintiffs say that a final settlement agreement has been prepared. They do not disagree

with any of its terms. Nevertheless, plaintiffs refuse to sign the agreement unless defendants

execute the agreement in person. Defendants apparently disagree and reportedly have

threatened to bring a motion to enforce the settlement. While acknowledging that the settlement

agreement may well be enforceable, plaintiffs claim that their counsel will be obliged to

continue prosecuting this case absent a court order enforcing the settlement (presumably, a

court order either requiring defendants to sign the settlement papers in person or finding that

*E-FILED 04-09-2010*

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defendants’ signature on the counterpart is sufficient). Plaintiffs now request a settlement

conference with a magistrate judge to resolve this matter.

Plaintiffs’ request is not well taken. They cite no authority for their contention that an

in-person signing by defendants is required to give the settlement agreement effect. Nor have

they convinced that a settlement conference with a magistrate judge is warranted. This court

takes a dim view of what appears to be an attempt by plaintiffs to unreasonably obstruct the

resolution of this case. Their request is denied.

On or before May 14, 2010, the parties shall file a stipulated dismissal pursuant to

Fed.R.Civ.P. 41(a). If a dismissal is not filed by the specified date, all parties shall appear in

Courtroom 2, 5th Floor of the United States District Court, 280 South First Street, San Jose, CA

95113 on May 25, 2010, 10:00 a.m. and show cause, if any, why the case should not be

dismissed pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 41(a). The parties shall file a statement in response to this

Order to Show Cause no later than May 18, 2010. The joint statement shall state (1) the status

of the activities of the parties in finalizing settlement; and (2) how much additional time, if any,

is requested to finalize the settlement and file the dismissal. If a voluntary dismissal is filed as

ordered, the Order to Show Cause hearing will be automatically vacated and the parties need

not file a joint statement in response to this Order.

SO ORDERED.

Dated: ________________________________

HOWARD R. LLOYD

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

April 9, 2010

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5:08-cv-04710-HRL Notice has been electronically mailed to: 

Adam Wang adamqwang@gmail.com, alpedersen@gmail.com, rosilenda@gmail.com 

Adam Lee Pedersen alpedersen@gmail.com 

Scott A. Lewis lewis@perrylaw.net

Counsel are responsible for distributing copies of this document to co-counsel who have not

registered for e-filing under the court's CM/ECF program.

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