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Nature of Suit Code: 350
Nature of Suit: Motor Vehicle Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1346 Tort Claim

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JOINT NOTICE OF LEAD TRIAL COUNSEL’S UNAVAILABILITY FOR SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE & 

[PROPOSED] ORDER

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BRIAN J. STRETCH (CABN 163973)

United States Attorney

SARA WINSLOW (DCBN 457643)

Chief, Civil Division

MICHAEL T. PYLE (CABN 172954)

Assistant United States Attorney

150 Almaden Boulevard, Suite 900

San Jose, California 95113

Telephone: (408) 535-5087

FAX: (408) 535-5081

E-mail: michael.t.pyle@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Defendant

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

JOHN P. ROBINSON,

Plaintiff,

v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, and DOES 1 

to 25, inclusive, 

Defendants.

Case No. 14-03532 MMC (DMR)

JOINT NOTICE OF LEAD TRIAL 

COUNSELS’ UNAVAILABILITY FOR 

SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE ON 

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016 AND

[PROPOSED] ORDER RESCHEDULING SETTLEMENT 

CONFERNECE

Hon. Maxine M. Chesney

On July 22, 2016, District Judge Maxine M. Chesney issued an order referring this case to 

Magistrate Judge Donna M. Ryu for settlement purposes. ECF No. 42. On July 25, 2016, Defendant’s 

counsel e-mailed Judge Ryu’s Courtroom Deputy, Ms. Garcia, to provide a copy of the order referring 

the case to Judge Ryu for settlement purposes and to ask whether Ms. Garcia could provide some dates 

that Judge Ryu had available for the settlement conference. Ms. Garcia did not respond to the e-mail,

and on July 27, 2016, Judge Ryu issued an order giving notice of a settlement conference scheduled for 

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September 27, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. ECF No. 43.

Defendant’s counsel promptly e-mailed Judge Ryu’s Courtroom Deputy, Ms. Garcia, to advise 

that lead counsel for both parties were unavailable on September 27, 2016 for a settlement conference

and proposed some dates in early October that all parties were available. Ms. Garcia promptly responded 

and advised that Judge Ryu had ordered the parties to e-file a document about the scheduling conflict 

and to list all available dates in October for which the parties are available for a settlement conference. 

On July 28, 2016, Ms. Garcia advised that the parties should also list available dates in November.

The Court’s notice (ECF No. 43) specifies that “Lead trial counsel shall appear at the settlement 

conference . . .”. Plaintiff’s lead trial counsel, Marjorie Heinrich, is unavailable on September 27, 2016 

because she will be on a long-planned vacation that week and it is not possible to change the dates of 

this vacation. Defendant’s lead trial counsel, AUSA Michael Pyle, is currently scheduled for a medical 

procedure the morning of September 27; that procedure cannot be performed earlier and Mr. Pyle has 

been advised that it should not be further delayed.

The parties report that they are available on the following days in October:

6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 or 31. 

The parties report that they are available on the following days in November:

1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, or 18.

The parties would prefer the earliest possible date that is consistent with Judge Ryu’s schedule. 

For the Court’s convenience, the parties have included a proposed order below.

DATED: July 28, 2016 Respectfully submitted,

/s/

MARJORIE J. HEINRICH

Attorney For JOHN P. ROBINSON

As the ECF User whose identification and password are being used to file this Stipulation, I attest under 

penalty of perjury that plaintiff’s counsel has concurred in the filing of this document.

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DATED: July 28, 2016 Respectfully submitted,

BRIAN J. STRETCH

United States Attorney

/s/ Michael T. Pyle

MICHAEL T PYLE

Assistant United States Attorney

[PROPOSED] ORDER

The Court continues the settlement conference in this case from September 27, 2016, at the request 

of the parties based on the unavailability of lead trial counsel, to October __, 2016 at _____ a.m., at the 

U.S. District Court, 1301 Clay Street, Oakland California, 94612. Except for this change in the date of 

the settlement conference, all provisions in the Court’s order (ECF No. 43) shall be complied with by 

the parties.

DATED: _________

DONNA M. RYU

US MAGISTRATE JUDGE

November

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July28, 2016

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Donna M. Ryu

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