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Nature of Suit Code: 446
Nature of Suit: Americans with Disabilities Act - Other
Cause of Action: 42:12101 Americans with Disabilities Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

MARK BAX, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

SUTTER HEALTH, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 1:21-cv-1032 DJC SCR 

ORDER 

Magistrate Judge Sean C. Rirodan will hold a settlement conference in this case on 

January 28, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. The settlement conference will be held in person in Courtroom 

27. The court expects that the parties will proceed with the settlement conference in good faith 

and attempt to resolve all or part of the case. If any party believes that the settlement conference 

will not be productive, that party shall so inform the court as far in advance of the settlement 

conference as possible. Unless otherwise specifically authorized by the court in advance of the 

settlement conference, the following individuals must participate in the settlement conference: 

(1) all of the attorney(s) who will try the case; (2) the parties; and (3) individuals with full 

authority to negotiate and settle the case, on any terms. 

 No later than January 21, 2025, each party must submit to Judge Rirodan’s chambers at 

scrorders@caed.uscourts.gov a confidential settlement conference statement. These statements 

should not be filed on the docket; however, each party shall e-file a one-page document entitled 

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Notice of Submission of Confidential Settlement Conference Statement. The statements should 

be marked “CONFIDENTIAL” and should state the date and time of the conference. 

While brevity is appreciated, each statement must include: 

(1) a brief recitation of the facts; 

(2) a discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of the case, from your party’s 

perspective; 

(3) an itemized estimate of your party’s expected costs for further discovery, pretrial, and 

trial matters, in specific dollar terms; 

(4) your best estimate of the probability that plaintiff will obtain a finding of liability 

should this case proceed to trial, in percentage terms; 

(5) should this case proceed to trial and defendant be found liable, please provide the 

following, in specific dollar terms: 

(a) a realistic high-end recovery estimate (i.e., realistic best- or worst-case 

scenario) 

 (b) a realistic low-end recovery estimate (i.e., realistic worst- or best-case 

scenario), and 

 (c) a best estimate of the most likely outcome; 

(6) a history of settlement discussions, including: 

(a) a statement of your expectations for settlement discussions; 

(b) a listing of any past and present settlement offers from any party (including all 

terms); 

(c) whether your party would consider making the opening offer or demand, and 

what that offer might be; 

(7) a list of the individuals who will be participating in the settlement conference on your 

party’s behalf, including each participant’s name and, if appropriate, title; 

(8) identification of any related cases or of any other cases that the parties might wish to 

discuss at this settlement conference; and 

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(9) a completed worksheet (blank version attached) highlighting your responses to 

certain of the above questions. 

Judge Riordan will hold a short, pre-settlement conference via Zoom on January 23, 2025 

at 2:00 p.m. Only the lead attorney(s) from each side1 should participate. At Judge Riordan’s 

discretion, the joint discussion may be followed by private discussions between the judge and 

each party. Zoom login information will be provided in advance of January 23, 2025.

In accordance with the above, it is hereby ORDERED that: 

1. A pre-settlement conference is set before Magistrate Judge Riordan on January 23, 

2025 at 2:00 p.m. 

2. A settlement conference is set before Magistrate Judge Riordan on January 28, 2025, at 

10:00 a.m. 

3. No later than January 21, 2025, each party must submit a confidential settlement 

conference statement, as described above, to Magistrate Judge Riordan. 

DATED: January 15, 2025 

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 The court expects that the attorneys participating in the pre-settlement conference discussion 

will also participate in the settlement conference. 

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Pre-Settlement Worksheet 

Please fill in each value below 

Additional cost to your party expected 

for . . . discovery $ 

 . . . pretrial $ 

 . . . trial $ 

Estimated probability of liability 

finding

 

% 

Realistic high-end estimate of recovery 

by P $ 

Realistic low-end estimate of recovery 

by P $ 

Best estimate of recovery by P $ 

Last offer/demand (if any) previously 

made by your party

$ 

Last offer/demand (if any) previously 

made by opposing party

$ 

Proposed next offer/demand by your 

party

$ 

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