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Nature of Suit Code: 446
Nature of Suit: Americans with Disabilities Act - Other
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Federal Question: Other Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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CYNTHIA HOPSON,

Plaintiff,

v.

CECILIA CASAS, as an 

individual, and dba as 

“Cindy’s #1,” DANIEL CASAS, 

as an individual, and dba as 

“Cindy’s #1,” OAKDALE 

SHOPPING CENTER LLC, 

SOUTHSTAR PM INCORPORATED, 

and DOES 1-10, inclusive, 

Defendants.

NO. CIV. 2:15-01176 WBS CKD

 

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After receiving notice that the action between the 

plaintiff and defendants Daniel and Cecilia Casas was dismissed 

(Docket No. 19) and that plaintiff’s counsel is optimistic about 

settlement with remaining defendants Oakdale Shopping Center LLC 

and Southstar PM Incorporated if provided additional time, the 

court will continue the Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Conference 

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scheduled for January 19, 2016. If the parties are unable to 

settle the case by February 19, 2016, they shall contact the 

assigned magistrate judge’s courtroom deputy by phone or email to 

schedule an early settlement conference, pursuant to the court’s 

November 4, 2015 Order. (Docket No. 14.) The early settlement 

conference shall be conducted no later than March 18, 2016. 

Contact information for the assigned magistrate judge is 

available at www.caed.uscourts.gov under the “Judges” tab. 

Each party is ordered to have a principal with full 

settlement authority present at the conference or be fully 

authorized to settle the matter on any terms. No later than 

seven days before the date of the settlement conference, counsel 

for each party shall submit a confidential Settlement Conference 

Statement to the settlement judge. Such statements shall not be 

filed, but shall be emailed to CKDorders@caed.uscourts.gov. Upon 

emailing the Settlement Conference Statement, each party shall efile a one page document entitled “Notice of Submission of 

Confidential Settlement Conference Statement.”

No later than seven days before the date of the early 

settlement conference, counsel for each party shall file a waiver 

of disqualification of the assigned magistrate judge pursuant to 

Local Rule 270(b). Absent the filing of a waiver of 

disqualification by each party, the settlement conference will be 

vacated and reassigned to another magistrate judge. 

To avoid the unnecessary expenditure of costs and 

attorneys’ fees, this action is hereby stayed pending conclusion 

of the early settlement conference. No later than five days 

after the settlement conference, the parties shall file a joint 

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statement indicating whether a settlement was reached. 

The court hereby resets the Status (Pretrial 

Scheduling) Conference for April 11, 2016 at 1:30 p.m. If a 

settlement is not reached independently or at the early 

settlement conference, the parties shall submit an Amended Joint 

Status Report no later than March 28, 2016. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: January 15, 2016

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