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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Employment Discrimination

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Statements under 20 pages in length, including attachments and exhibits, may be

delivered directly to chambers, e-mailed to efile_adler@casd.uscourts.gov, or faxed to (619)

702-9939. Statements exceeding 20 pages in length, including attachments and exhibits, must

be delivered directly to chambers.

08cv0735

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JAMES SCOTT,

Plaintiff,

v.

JANET A. NAPOLITANO, SECRETARY,

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND

SECURITY,

Defendant. 

 

 

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Case No. 08-CV-0735-BTM (JMA)

ORDER SCHEDULING SETTLEMENT

CONFERENCE

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that a Settlement Conference will be held in the

chambers of Magistrate Judge Jan M. Adler on July 28, 2011 at 10:00 a.m., Room

1145, United States Courthouse, 940 Front Street, San Diego, California 92101-8928. 

Counsel shall submit settlement statements directly to Magistrate Judge Adler's

chambers no later than July 21, 2011.

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 The parties may either submit confidential

settlement statements or may exchange their settlement statements. 

All named parties, all counsel, and any other person(s) whose authority is

required to negotiate and enter into settlement shall appear in person at the

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conference. The individual(s) present at the Settlement Conference with

settlement authority must have the unfettered discretion and authority on behalf

of the party to: 1) fully explore all settlement options and to agree during the

conference to any settlement terms acceptable to the party (G. Heileman Brewing

Co., Inc. v. Joseph Oat Corp., 871 F.2d 648, 653 (7th Cir. 1989)), 2) change the

settlement position of a party during the course of the conference (Pitman v.

Brinker Int'l, Inc., 216 F.R.D. 481, 485-86 (D. Ariz. 2003)), and 3) negotiate a

settlement without being restricted by any predetermined level of authority (Nick

v. Morgan's Foods, Inc., 270 F.3d 590, 596 (8th Cir. 2001)).

Governmental entities may appear through litigation counsel only. As to all other

parties, appearance by litigation counsel only is not acceptable. Retained outside

corporate counsel shall not appear on behalf of a corporation as the party who has the

authority to negotiate and enter into a settlement. The failure of any counsel, party or

authorized person to appear at the Settlement Conference as required shall be

cause for the immediate imposition of sanctions. All conference discussions will be

informal, off the record, privileged, and confidential.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: July 11, 2011

Jan M. Adler

U.S. Magistrate Judge

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