Source: s3://data.kl3m.ai/documents/govinfo/USCOURTS/USCOURTS-caed-2_03-cv-00949/USCOURTS-caed-2_03-cv-00949-30/pdf.json

Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal

---

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

1

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

EL DORADO IRRIGATION DISTRICT,

a political subdivision of the

State of California,

NO. CIV. S-03-949 LKK/GGH

Plaintiff,

v. O R D E R

TRAYLOR BROS., INC., an 

Indiana corporation,

Defendant.

 /

AND RELATED COUNTER-CLAIMS.

 /

The court is in receipt of defendants’ objections and request

to modify the July 28, 2006 tentative Pre-Trial Order. Contained

therein, defendants’ requested a continuance of the trial and a

mandatory settlement conference. The court has also reviewed

plaintiff’s response to this request and defendants’ reply.

Accordingly, the court orders as follows:

////

Case 2:03-cv-00949-LKK -GGH Document 593 Filed 08/30/06 Page 1 of 3
1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

2

1. Defendants’ request for a continuance of the trial is

DENIED.

2. Defendants’ request for a mandatory Settlement

Conference is GRANTED. A Settlement Conference is

currently set for September 11, 2006 at 10:00 am before

Magistrate Judge Drozd. Counsel are directed to submit

a confidential Settlement Conference statement to the

settlement judge not later than September 7, 2006 at

noon. At counsel’s option, such statements may be

submitted in confidence pursuant to Local Rule 16-270

(d). The statements shall be no longer than eight (8)

pages. Each party is directed to have a principal

capable of disposition at the Settlement Conference or

to be authorized to settle the matter on any terms and

at the Settlement Conference.

3. Trial briefs shall be due on September 8, 2006 by 3:00

p.m. The trial brief shall not exceed thirty-five (35)

pages.

4. The court will not review the hundreds of objections to

the trial exhibits prior to trial. The court will

address each objection at the time the exhibit is

offered at trial. The court hereby warns both parties

that if an objection is raised that is frivolous,

unnecessary or unlikely to prevail, the court will

impose a sanction of $200.00 per objection. This

sanction shall not be billed to the clients, but shall

Case 2:03-cv-00949-LKK -GGH Document 593 Filed 08/30/06 Page 2 of 3
1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

3

be paid directly by counsel. Given the severity of the

situation, the parties are asked to reevaluate the joint

case-in-chief exhibit list (attached to the tentative

pretrial order at “Attachment E”) and remove any and all

objections that are frivolous, unnecessary or unlikely

to prevail. The parties are to bring a revised joint

case-in-chief exhibit list to the first day of trial.

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: August 29, 2006.

Case 2:03-cv-00949-LKK -GGH Document 593 Filed 08/30/06 Page 3 of 3