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Nature of Suit Code: 350
Nature of Suit: Motor Vehicle Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:2671 Federal Tort Claims Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

DARRYL M. WHITE, 

 Plaintiff, 

v. 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Defendant. 

No. 1:19-CV-1582 SKO 

ORDER REGARDING SETTLEMENT 

CONFERENCE PROCEDURES 

 

The Court sets a settlement conference for December 10, 2020, at 1:00 pm, Courtroom 10, 

before Magistrate Judge Erica P. Grosjean. 

Unless otherwise permitted in advance by the Court, the attorneys who will try the case 

shall appear at the Settlement Conference. It is recommended that pertinent evidence to be offered 

at trial, documents or otherwise, be brought to the settlement conference for presentation to the 

settlement judge. Neither the settlement conference statements nor communications during the 

settlement conference with the settlement judge can be used by either party in the trial of this 

case. 

Absent permission from the Court, in addition to counsel who will try the case being 

present, the individual parties shall also be present. In the case of corporate parties, associations 

or other entities, and insurance carriers, a representative executive with authority to discuss, 

consider, propose and agree, or disagree, to any settlement proposal or offer shall also be present. 

*Please note: In light of the Court’s current Covid-19 restrictions regarding personal appearance, 

the Settlement Conference will be conducted through Zoom, with the Zoom invitation to be 

provided to the parties through an email from Judge Grosjean’s chambers. A representative with 

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unlimited authority shall either attend in person or be available by phone throughout the 

conference. In other words, having settlement authority “up to a certain amount” is not 

acceptable. 

IF ANY PARTY BELIEVES THAT A SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE WOULD 

BE FUTILE, THEN THAT PARTY SHALL CONTACT THE COURT NOT LATER 

THAN SEVENTY-TWO HOURS PRECEDING THE SCHEDULED SETTLEMENT 

CONFERENCE. 

Confidential Settlement Statements 

At least five (5) court days prior to the settlement conference, each party shall submit a 

Confidential Settlement Conference Statement in Word format directly to Judge Grosjean’s 

Chambers at epgorders@caed.uscourts.gov. The statement shall not be filed on the docket or 

served on any other party. Each statement shall be clearly marked "confidential" with the date 

and time of the settlement conference clearly noted on the first page. The Confidential Settlement 

Conference Statement shall include the following: 

 A. A brief statement of the facts of the case. 

B. A brief statement of the claims and defenses, i.e., statutory or other grounds 

upon which the claims are founded; a forthright evaluation of the parties' 

likelihood of prevailing on the claims and defenses; and a description of the major 

issues in dispute. 

 C. A summary of the proceedings to date. 

D. An estimate of the cost and time to be expended for further discovery, pretrial 

and trial. 

 E. The relief sought. 

F. The party's position on settlement, including present demands and offers and a 

history of past settlement discussions, offers and demands. 

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IT IS SO ORDERED. 

 

Dated: November 10, 2020 /s/

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

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