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Parties Involved:
Alison Stirm
Plaintiff
United States of America
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ALISON STIRM, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Defendant. 

No. 2:22-cv-01330 CKD 

ORDER 

Magistrate Judge Allison Claire will hold a settlement conference in this case on August 

26, 2024, at 9:00 a.m. The settlement conference will be held via Zoom unless the parties request 

that the conference be conducted in person; login details will be provided prior to the date of the 

conference. The court expects that the parties will proceed with the settlement conference in 

good faith and attempt to resolve all or part of the case. If any party believes that the settlement 

conference will not be productive, that party shall so inform the court as far in advance of the 

settlement conference as possible. Unless otherwise specifically authorized by the court in 

advance of the settlement conference, the following individuals must participate in the settlement 

conference: (1) all of the attorney(s) who will try the case; (2) the parties; and (3) individuals with 

full authority to negotiate and settle the case, on any terms. 

 No later than August 12, 2024, each party must submit to Judge Claire’s chambers at 

acorders@caed.uscourts.gov a confidential settlement conference statement. These statements 

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should not be filed on the docket; however, each party shall e-file a one-page document entitled 

Notice of Submission of Confidential Settlement Conference Statement. The statements should 

be marked “CONFIDENTIAL” and should state the date and time of the conference. 

While brevity is appreciated, each statement must include: 

(1) a brief recitation of the facts; 

(2) a discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of the case, from your party’s 

perspective; 

(3) an itemized estimate of your party’s expected costs for further discovery, pretrial, and 

trial matters, in specific dollar terms; 

(4) your best estimate of the probability that plaintiff will obtain a finding of liability 

should this case proceed to trial, in percentage terms; 

(5) should this case proceed to trial and defendant be found liable, please provide the 

following, in specific dollar terms: 

(a) a realistic high-end recovery estimate (i.e., realistic best- or worst-case 

scenario) 

 (b) a realistic low-end recovery estimate (i.e., realistic worst- or best-case 

scenario), and 

 (c) a best estimate of the most likely outcome; 

(6) a history of settlement discussions, including: 

(a) a statement of your expectations for settlement discussions; 

(b) a listing of any past and present settlement offers from any party (including all 

terms); 

(c) whether your party would consider making the opening offer or demand, and 

what that offer might be; 

(7) a list of the individuals who will be participating in the settlement conference on your 

party’s behalf, including each participant’s name and, if appropriate, title; 

(8) identification of any related cases or of any other cases that the parties might wish to 

discuss at this settlement conference; and 

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(9) a completed worksheet (blank version attached) highlighting your responses to certain 

of the above questions. 

Judge Claire will hold a short, pre-settlement conference via Zoom on August 19, 2024 at 

10:00 a.m. Only the lead attorney from each side1 should participate. At Judge Claire’s 

discretion, the joint discussion may be followed by private discussions between the judge and 

each party. Zoom login information will be provided in advance of August 19, 2024.

In accordance with the above, it is hereby ORDERED that: 

1. A pre-settlement conference is set before Magistrate Judge Claire on August 19, 2024 

at 10:00 a.m. 

2. A settlement conference is set before Magistrate Judge Claire on August 26, 2024, at 

9:00 a.m. 

3. No later than August 12, 2024, each party must submit a confidential settlement 

conference statement, as described above, to Magistrate Judge Claire. 

DATED: June 7, 2024 

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 The court expects that the attorneys participating in the pre-settlement conference discussion 

will also participate in the settlement conference. 

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Pre-Settlement Worksheet 

Please fill in each value below 

Additional cost to your party expected 

for . . . discovery $ 

 . . . pretrial $ 

 . . . trial $ 

Estimated probability of liability 

finding

 

% 

Realistic high-end estimate of recovery 

by P $ 

Realistic low-end estimate of recovery 

by P $ 

Best estimate of recovery by P $ 

Last offer/demand (if any) previously 

made by your party

$ 

Last offer/demand (if any) previously 

made by opposing party

$ 

Proposed next offer/demand by your 

party

$ 

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