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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1391 Personal Injury

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SHARON HOPE, )

) 2:04-cv-2223-GEB-CMK

Plaintiff, )

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v. ) ORDER RE: SETTLEMENT

) AND DISPOSITION

OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY; )

OHANA HOTELS-RESORTS; )

OUTRIGGER HOTELS-RESORTS, ) 

)

Defendants. )

)

On January 22, 2007, Defendants Ohana Hotels-Resorts and

Outrigger Hotels-Resorts filed a Notice of Conditional Settlement

which states “the parties hereto have reached a conditional

settlement as to all causes of action.” This Notice fails to

indicate whether the parties have in fact settled this action and

whether the pending Rule 16 scheduling dates should be vacated or

modified.

Absent a showing that a judicially enforceable settlement

exists, the trial commencement date of February 21, 2007, will not

be vacated. See Callie v. Near, 829 F.2d 888, 890 (9th Cir. 1987)

(before a settlement agreement is enforceable the parties must have

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The parties also need not exchange trial exhibits or 1

statements designating answers to interrogatories and portions of

depositions, as required by this Court’s November 28, 2006 final

pretrial order, until January 30, 2007. (Nov. 28 Order at 7, 8.)

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agreed to all material terms of the settlement in an enforceable

form). However, since it appears to be the parties’ desire to

avoid further litigation in this action, the parties’ trial briefs,

motions in limine, and documents estimating the length of trial,

which are currently due by January 23, 2007, need not be filed

until January 30, 2007. 

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If the parties desire to have all Rule 16 dates vacated,

they must file a dismissal document by January 30, 2007, or place a

judicially enforceable settlement on the record by the same date

(either by filing a writing in which the parties and counsel set

forth all material terms of the settlement or by setting forth all

material settlement terms on the record in a hearing before the

judge). Otherwise, the case will not be removed from the judge’s

trial docket and the parties will remain obligated to comply with

all Rule 16 scheduling deadlines. 

If the parties elect to file a document setting forth the

material terms of their settlement, each party, through an

authorized agent, must affirm the settlement under 28 U.S.C. §

1746, or through the agent's duly-notarized signature. Affirming

the settlement as stated could make it enforceable under federal

law. See Callie v. Near, 829 F.2d 888, 890 (9th Cir. 1987). If

the parties elect to set forth the settlement terms at a hearing on

the record, they must contact the judge’s courtroom deputy, Shani

Furstenau (916-930-4114), to schedule a hearing on the judge’s

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calender so that the hearing will take place no later than January

30, 2007.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 22, 2007

 

GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR.

United States District Judge

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