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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Personal Injury

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LYNN EVENCHIK, on behalf of herself

and all others similarly situated, Civil No. 12-cv-0061-BEN (DHB)

Plaintiff, ORDER SCHEDULING

SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE

v.

AVIS RENT A CAR SYSTEM, LLC,

Defendant.

On October 30, 2013, counsel for the parties jointly contacted the Court to schedule

a Settlement Conference. Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that a Settlement

Conference shall be conducted on November 26, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. in the chambers of

Magistrate Judge David H. Bartick. Counsel may, but are not required to, submit settlement

statements to the Court. Any settlement statements shall be submitted directly to Magistrate

Judge Bartick’s chambers no later than November 19, 2013.

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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 conference. The individual(s) present at

1 Statements under 20 pages in length, including attachments and exhibits, may be delivered directly to chambers or e-mailed to efile_Bartick@casd.uscourts.gov. Statements exceeding 20 pages in length, including attachments and exhibits, must be delivered directly to chambers.

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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)).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: October 31, 2013

DAVID H. BARTICK

United States Magistrate Judge

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