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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1391 Personal Injury

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02CV1747

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DENNIS E. WALKER,

Plaintiff,

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MICHAEL W. CROW AND RICHARD

KEYES,

Defendants. 

 

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Case No. 02-CV-1747-WQH (JMA)

ORDER SCHEDULING SETTLEMENT

CONFERENCE

A Settlement Conference will be held in the chambers of

Magistrate Judge Jan M. Adler on November 13, 2007 at 10:00 a.m.,

Room 1165, 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

November 6, 2007. 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 conference. The individual(s)

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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 Settlement 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 Settlement 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: October 29, 2007

Jan M. Adler

U.S. Magistrate Judge

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