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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Personal Injury

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

GUADALUPE L. AYALA, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

SODEXO, INC., et al., 

Defendant. 

No. 2:16-cv-00418-KJM-CKD 

ORDER 

This matter is before the court on defendants’ renewed request to set a mandatory 

settlement conference. ECF No. 15. Plaintiff objects to this request, contending it cannot 

respond to defendants’ settlement offer until it receives a response to a settlement demand made 

to the workers’ compensation carrier. ECF No. 16. 

After the July 7, 2016 status conference, the court allowed defendants to renew 

their request for court-ordered settlement in the event defendants secured the agreement of 

nonparty U.C. Davis to participate in settlement. At the status conference, defense counsel had 

signaled that the defense is prepared and would prefer to direct resources toward settlement if 

possible, rather than to deplete its resources through early motion practice and extensive 

discovery. Taking this representation at face value, in light of the willingness of U.C. Davis to 

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attend and participate in court-convened settlement, defendants’ request is granted, and plaintiff’s 

objection is overruled. 

A settlement conference is scheduled before Magistrate Judge Kendall J. Newman, 

who has been randomly selected as a settlement judge, for August 29, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. in 

Courtroom No. 25, 8th Floor. 

The parties are directed to exchange non-confidential settlement conference 

statements seven (7) days prior to this settlement conference. These statements shall 

simultaneously be delivered to the court using the following email address: 

kjnorders@caed.uscourts.gov. If a party desires to share additional confidential information with 

the court, they may do so pursuant to the provisions of Local Rule 270(d) and (e). At its option, 

U.C. Davis also may provide information to the parties and the magistrate judge, consistent with 

this order. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: August 3, 2016. 

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