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Parties Involved:
Home Depot USA, Inc.
Defendant
Rogelio Sanchez
Plaintiff
Spectrum Brands, Inc.
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ROGELIO SANCHEZ, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

SPECTRUM BRANDS, INC., HOME 

DEPOT USA, INC. 

Defendants. 

No. 1:20-CV-00365 DAD EPG 

ORDER REGARDING SETTLEMENT 

CONFERENCE PROCEDURES 

 

The Court sets a settlement conference for July 21, 2022, at 1:00 p.m., Courtroom 10, 

before Magistrate Judge Erica P. Grosjean. The conference will be held remotely by Zoom. 

Unless otherwise permitted in advance by the Court, the attorneys who will try the case 

shall appear at the Settlement Conference. It is recommended that pertinent evidence to be offered 

at trial, documents or otherwise, be brought to the settlement conference for presentation to the 

settlement judge. Neither the settlement conference statements nor communications during the 

settlement conference with the settlement judge can be used by either party in the trial of this 

case. 

Absent permission from the Court, in addition to counsel who will try the case being 

present, the individual parties shall also be present. In the case of corporate parties, associations 

or other entities, and insurance carriers, a representative executive with authority to discuss, 

consider, propose and agree, or disagree, to any settlement proposal or offer shall also be present. 

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Parties are instructed to have a principal with full settlement authority present at the 

Settlement Conference or to be fully authorized to settle the matter on any terms. The individual 

with full authority to settle must also have "unfettered discretion and authority" to change the 

settlement position of the party, if appropriate. The purpose behind requiring the attendance of a 

person with full settlement authority is that the parties' view of the case may be altered during the 

face to face conference. An authorization to settle for a limited dollar amount or sum certain can 

be found not to comply with the requirement of full authority to settle. 

IF ANY PARTY BELIEVES THAT A SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE WOULD 

BE FUTILE, THEN THAT PARTY SHALL CONTACT THE COURT NOT LATER 

THAN SEVENTY-TWO HOURS PRECEDING THE SCHEDULED SETTLEMENT 

CONFERENCE. 

Confidential Settlement Statements 

At least five (5) court days prior to the settlement conference, each party shall submit a 

Confidential Settlement Conference Statement in Word format directly to Judge Grosjean’s 

Chambers at epgorders@caed.uscourts.gov. The statement shall not be filed on the docket or 

served on any other party. Each statement shall be clearly marked "confidential" with the date 

and time of the settlement conference clearly noted on the first page. The Confidential Settlement 

Conference Statement shall include the following: 

 A. A brief statement of the facts of the case. 

B. A brief statement of the claims and defenses, i.e., statutory or other grounds 

upon which the claims are founded; a forthright evaluation of the parties' 

likelihood of prevailing on the claims and defenses; and a description of the major 

issues in dispute. 

 C. A summary of the proceedings to date. 

D. An estimate of the cost and time to be expended for further discovery, pretrial 

and trial. 

 E. The relief sought. 

F. The party's position on settlement, including present demands and offers and a 

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history of past settlement discussions, offers and demands. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

 

Dated: July 5, 2022 /s/

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

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