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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Other Contract

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MATTHEW LIANG,

Plaintiff,

CASE NO. 06cv1082-LAB (WMc)

ORDER FOLLOWING EARLY

NEUTRAL EVALUATION

CONFERENCE, SETTING RULE 26

COMPLIANCE AND NOTICE OF

CASE MANAGEMENT

CONFERENCE

vs.

CAL-BAY INTERNATIONAL, INC. et al.,

Defendant.

On December 1, 2006 the Court convened a telephonic Early Neutral Evaluation

Conference in the above entitled action. Participating were plaintiff Matthew Liang and Craig Karpe,

Esq. (counsel for plaintiff) . Also, participating was Robert Scott Dreher, Esq. (counsel for

defendant). 

Settlement could not be reached in the case at this time.

The Court discussed compliance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 26 and based thereon, issues the

following orders:

1. The Rule 26(f) conference shall be completed before December 29, 2006;

2. A discovery plan shall be lodged with Magistrate Judge McCurine, Jr. on or before

January 12, 2007. Regarding each witness, the discovery plan will include the name,

most current address, most current phone number, and a brief description of the subject

matter of his/her testimony. The discovery plan will also include the anticipated dates

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for the completion of both non-expert discovery and expert discovery; and,

3. The date of initial disclosure pursuant to Rule 26(a)(1)(A-D) shall occur before

January 19, 2007;

4. Counsel and parties with full settlement authority are ordered to appear on January

26, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. in the chambers of United States Magistrate Judge William

McCurine, Jr., 940 Front Street, Courtroom C, San Diego, California, 92101, for a

Case Management Conference pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16(b). Full

authority to settle means that the individual present at the settlement conference

has the unfettered discretion and authority to: 1) fully explore settlement options

and to agree at that time to any settlement options; 2) agree at that time to any

settlement terms acceptable to the parties; 3) change the settlement position of a

party; and 4) negotiate monetary awards without being restricted to a specific

sum certain.

Failure of any counsel or party to comply with this Order will result in the imposition of

sanctions.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: December 3, 2006

Hon. William McCurine, Jr.

U.S. Magistrate Judge

United States District Court

cc: Honorable Larry A. Burns

 U.S. District Judge

 

 All Counsel and Parties of Record

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