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Parties Involved:
Kevin Bradford
Plaintiff
Compass Fund Management, LLC
Defendant
Albert Ehee
Defendant
Jennifer Ehee
Defendant
Robert Ehee
Defendant
Edward Sewon Ehee
Defendant
Richard Garman
Plaintiff
Viper Capital Management, LLC
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE

COMMISSION,,

Plaintiff,

v.

VIPER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT,

LLC, COMPASS FUND

MANAGEMENT, LLC, and EDWARD

SEWON EHEE,

Defendants.

and

COMPASS WEST FUND, LP, VIPER

FOUNDERS FUND, LP, VIPER

INVESTMENTS, LP, ALBERT

EHEE, ROBERT EHEE, JENNIFER

EHEE,

 Relief Defendants.

 

In re: EDWARD SEWON EHEE,

 Debtor.

 

In re: COMPASS FUND MGMT.,

LLC, Debtor.

 

In re: COMPASS WEST FUND,

L.P., Debtor.

 

AAG ROOSEVELT FUND, L.P.,

 Plaintiff,

v.

EDWARD SEWON EHEE, COMPASS

FUND MGMT., LLC, COMPASS

WEST FUND, LP, VIPER CAPITAL

MGMT., LLC, VIPER FOUNDERS

FUND, LP, ROBERT EHEE,

ALBERT EHEE, JENNIFER EHEE,

Defendants. 

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No. C06-6966 SI (DM)(BZ)

AND RELATED CASES

No. C07-3996 SI (DM)(BZ)

No. C07-3995 SI (DM)(BZ)

No. C07-3997 SI (DM)(BZ)

No. C06-7270 SI (DM)(BZ)

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KEVIN BRADFORD and RICHARD

GARMAN,

Plaintiffs,

v.

EDWARD SEWON EHEE, VIPER

CAPITAL MGMT., LLC, COMPASS

FUND MGMT., LLC, ROBERT

EHEE, ALBERT EHEE, JENNIFER

EHEE,

Defendants. 

 

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No. C07-4747 SI (DM)(BZ)

ORDER SCHEDULING SETTLEMENT

CONFERENCE

The above matter was referred to Bankruptcy Judge Dennis

Montali and Magistrate Judge Bernard Zimmerman for settlement

purposes.

You are hereby notified that a settlement conference is

scheduled for Monday, January 28, 2008, at 9:00 a.m., in

Courtroom G, 15th Floor, Federal Building, 450 Golden Gate

Avenue, San Francisco, California 94102. The settlement

conference will not be postponed absent leave of the

settlement judges.

It is the responsibility of counsel to ensure that

whatever discovery is needed for all sides to evaluate the

case for settlement purposes is completed by the date of the

settlement conference. Counsel shall cooperate in providing

discovery informally and expeditiously.

Lead trial counsel shall appear at the Settlement

Conference with the parties. Any party who is not a natural

person shall be represented by the person or persons with full

authority to negotiate a settlement. A person who needs to

call another person not present before accepting, rejecting or

making any settlement offer does not have full authority. If

a party is a governmental entity, its governing body shall

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designate one of its members or a senior executive to appear

at the Settlement Conference with authority to participate in

the Settlement Conference and, if a tentative settlement

agreement is reached, to recommend the agreement to the

governmental entity for its approval. An insured party shall

appear with a representative of the carrier with full

authority to negotiate up to the limits of coverage. The

Court shall be notified immediately if the carrier declines to

attend. Personal attendance of a party representative will

rarely be excused by the Court, and then only upon separate

written application demonstrating substantial hardship served

on opposing counsel and lodged no later than January 7, 2008.

Each party shall prepare a Settlement Conference

Statement, which must be served on opposing counsel and lodged

(not faxed) with both settlement judges’ chambers no later

than seven calendar days prior to the conference. Judge

Montali’s chambers are at 235 Pine Street, 22nd Floor, San

Francisco, CA 94104 (mailing address: P.O. Box 7341, San

Francisco, CA 94120). The Statement shall not be filed with

the Clerk of the Court. The Statement may be submitted on CDROM with hypertext links to exhibits. Otherwise, the portion

of exhibits on which the party relies shall be highlighted. 

The Settlement Conference Statement shall not exceed ten pages

of text and twenty pages of exhibits and shall include the

following:

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

2. A brief statement of the claims and defenses

including, but not limited to, statutory or other grounds upon

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which the claims are founded.

3. A summary of the proceedings to date and any pending 

motions.

4. An estimate of the cost and time to be expended for

further discovery, pretrial and trial.

5. For any party seeking relief, a description of the

relief sought, including an itemization of damages.

6. Any presently scheduled dates for a further status

conference, pretrial conference, or for trial.

 7. A copy of any governing contracts or other documents

which are central to the case. 

8. The parties' position on settlement, including

present demands and offers and a history of past settlement

discussions. Counsel should be prepared to present orally to

the settlement judges a forthright evaluation of the

likelihood of prevailing on claims and defenses. The

settlement judges’ time can best be used to assist the parties

in completing their negotiations, not in starting them. 

Accordingly, plaintiff must serve a demand in writing no later

than fourteen days before the conference and defendant must

respond in writing no later than eight days before the

conference. If plaintiff seeks attorney’s fees and costs,

plaintiff’s counsel shall either include the fee claim in the

demand or make a separate, simultaneous demand for fees and

costs. Counsel shall be prepared at the conference to provide

sufficient information to defendant to enable the fee claim to

be evaluated for purposes of settlement. The parties are

urged to carefully evaluate their case before taking a

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settlement position since extreme positions hinder the

settlement process.

 Along with the Settlement Conference Statement each

party shall lodge with each settlement judge a document of no

more than three pages containing a candid evaluation of the

parties' likelihood of prevailing on the claims and defenses,

and any other information that party wishes not to share with

opposing counsel. The more candid the parties are, the more

productive the conference will be. This document shall not be

served on opposing counsel.

The settlement conference will not conclude absent leave

of the settlement judge, who may continue the conference from

time to time at the judge's discretion. The settlement judge

may issue any order deemed appropriate to facilitate

settlement or the expeditious resolution of the dispute. 

Parties and their counsel should be prepared to remain beyond

normal business hours if necessary; travel arrangements should

be flexible and alternative arrangements should be made for

routine personal and family commitments. 

Parties are encouraged to participate and frankly discuss

their case. Statements they make during the conference will

not be admissible at trial in the event the case does not

settle. The parties should be prepared to discuss such issues

as:

1. Their settlement objectives.

2. Any impediments to settlement they perceive.

3. Whether they have enough information to discuss

settlement. If not, what additional information is needed.

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4. The possibility of a creative resolution of the

dispute.

The parties shall notify Magistrate Judge Zimmerman's and

Bankruptcy Judge Montali’s chambers immediately if these cases

settle prior to the date set for settlement conference. 

Counsel shall provide a copy of this order to each party who

will participate in the conference.

Failure to comply with the terms and spirit of this order

may lead to the imposition of sanctions under Bankruptcy Rule

7016 and Fed.R.Civ.P 16(f).

Plaintiffs are directed to assure that all defendants in

their case are notified of this conference.

DATED: December 19, 2007

 

 Bernard Zimmerman

United States Bankruptcy Judge

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