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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

NORTH PACIFICA,

 Plaintiff,

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CITY OF PACIFICA,

et al, 

 Defendants.

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No. C 01-4823 EMC

ORDER RE SETTLEMENT

PROCESS AND THE

CONFIDENTIALITY OF

ATTENDANT SETTLEMENT

COMMUNICATIONS

On June 8, 2006, the parties participated in a settlement conference hosted by

the undersigned. After extensive conversations involving all parties and counsel, the

following agreements and commitments were made and are hereby endorsed by

ORDER OF THIS COURT:

1. By June 9, 2006, the City Attorney (Ms. Quick) will confirm in writing the

date by which the defendants will post the bond that will secure stay of collectability

of the judgment herein.

2. By June 14, 2006, plaintiff will notify (in writing) the undersigned and

defense counsel whether Mr. Fromm is agreeable to proceed with exploration of

settlement possibilities by following the procedural path discussed by the participants

in the settlement conference of June 8, 2006.

If the settlement process is to continue along the lines discussed at the June 8th

settlement conference, counsel for plaintiff also will provide the undersigned with the

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information needed to contact a representative of the California Coastal Commission

(to explore the possibility of the Commission, through a staff member, attending in

an informal capacity the meetings contemplated during the concept stage of the

settlement process). 

3. By June 16, 2006, the City will identify (in a writing delivered to plaintiff’s

counsel and the undersigned) the person the City has selected to be its representative

during the “concept” stage of the settlement process. 

4. By July 14, 2006, counsel will submit to the undersigned a progress report

that describes at a general level the status of the discussions that have occurred during

the “concept” stage of the settlement proceedings. The undersigned will use that

report to identify a deadline for completion of the concept stage and to fix a date for

a meeting of a larger group of interested persons and parties to explore in earnest the

feasibility of proceeding with development of the cite. 

5. All parties and counsel have agreed, and the Court hereby ORDERS, that no

party may disclose or attempt to use for any purpose in any judicial or administrative

proceeding any evidence of any communication or conduct that occurs in connection

with the exploration of prospects for settlement during this “concept” stage of the

settlement proceedings. All communications (oral, written, electronic, or otherwise

undertaken) that are made in connection with this process are confidential and

privileged and may not be disclosed for any purpose or to any person outside this

settlement process and may not be used for any purpose other than trying to determine

in these privileged proceedings whether the pending disputes can be settled. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 9, 2006. /s/ Wayne D. Brazil WAYNE D. BRAZIL United States Magistrate Judge

Copies to:

All parties, EMC WDB, Stats

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