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Nature of Suit Code: 340
Nature of Suit: Marine Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1333pi Marine Personal Injury

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ELKE SPECKER, 

Plaintiff,

v. 

MICHAEL KAZMA, an individual, et 

al., 

Defendants.

 Case No.: 15cv2567 NLS (JMA) 

ORDER SCHEDULING 

MANDATORY SETTLEMENT 

CONFERENCE 

A Mandatory Settlement Conference will be held in the chambers of 

Magistrate Judge Jan M. Adler on June 13, 2017 at 10:00 a.m., Edward J. 

Schwartz United States Courthouse, 221 West Broadway, San Diego, California. 

Counsel shall submit settlement statements to Magistrate Judge Adler's 

chambers no later than June 6, 2017.

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 The parties may either submit 

confidential settlement statements or may exchange their settlement statements. 

All named parties, all counsel, and any other person(s) whose 

                                                                

1 Statements under 20 pages in length, including attachments and exhibits, may be e-mailed 

to efile_adler@casd.uscourts.gov, faxed to (619) 702-9939, or delivered to chambers via the 

Office of the Clerk of Court at 333 West Broadway, Suite 420, San Diego, California. 

Statements exceeding 20 pages in length, including attachments and exhibits, must be 

delivered to chambers via the Office of the Clerk of Court. 

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authority is required to negotiate and enter into settlement shall appear in 

person at the conference. The individual(s) present at the Mandatory 

Settlement Conference with settlement authority must have the unfettered 

discretion and authority on behalf of the party to: 1) fully explore all 

settlement options and to agree during the conference to any settlement 

terms acceptable to the party (G. Heileman Brewing Co., Inc. v. Joseph Oat 

Corp., 871 F.2d 648, 653 (7th Cir. 1989)), 2) change the settlement position 

of a party during the course of the conference (Pitman v. Brinker Int'l, Inc., 

216 F.R.D. 481, 485-86 (D. Ariz. 2003)), and 3) negotiate a settlement without 

being restricted by any predetermined level of authority (Nick v. Morgan's 

Foods, Inc., 270 F.3d 590, 596 (8th Cir. 2001)). Governmental entities may 

appear through litigation counsel only. As to all other parties, appearance by 

litigation counsel only is not acceptable. Retained outside corporate counsel 

shall not appear on behalf of a corporation as the party who has the authority to 

negotiate and enter into a settlement. 

The failure of any counsel, party or authorized person to appear at the 

Mandatory Settlement Conference as required shall be cause for the 

immediate imposition of sanctions. All conference discussions will be 

informal, off the record, privileged, and confidential. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: July 25, 2016 

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