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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Account Receivable

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

AMERICAN WAVE MACHINES, INC., a

California corporation,

Plaintiff,

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WAVES OF FUN, INC., a corporation;

DAVID AVERY, an individual;

MEREDITH AVERY, an individual; and 

RICCHIO, INC.,

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Case No. 11CV972-BEN(JMA)

ORDER SCHEDULING SETTLEMENT

CONFERENCE

A Case Management Conference was held on June 21, 2012 at 9:30 a.m. At the

parties’ request, a Settlement Conference will be held in the chambers of Magistrate

Judge Jan M. Adler on August 1, 2012 at 2 p.m., United States Courthouse, 940 Front

Street, San Diego, California 92101-8928. Defendants have represented they will

provide additional documents responsive to Plaintiff’s outstanding document requests,

including documents reflecting Defendants’ current financial condition, for Plaintiff’s

review at least three weeks prior to the Settlement Conference. If the information is not

timely provided, or if the parties are otherwise unable to prepare for substantive and

meaningful settlement discussions on August 1, 2012, counsel shall contact the Court’s

chambers no later than July 25, 2012 and so advise. 

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Although the submission of statements is not required in advance of the

Settlement Conference, parties may submit concise statements if desired. If a

statement is submitted, it shall be provided to chambers no later than one week prior to

the scheduled conference.1

 If the parties submit statements in connection with the

Settlement Conference, they may either do so on a confidential basis or may exchange

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

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

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

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 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: June 21, 2012

Jan M. Adler

U.S. Magistrate Judge

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Statements under 20 pages in length, including attachments and exhibits, may be

delivered directly to chambers, e-mailed to efile_adler@casd.uscourts.gov, or faxed to (619)

702-9939. Statements exceeding 20 pages in length, including attachments and exhibits,

must be delivered directly to chambers.

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