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Parties Involved:
Austin Freight Systems, Inc.
Defendant
Crain Walnut Shelling, Inc.
Plaintiff
Hill Country Bakery, LLC
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CRAIN WALNUT SHELLING,

INC., 

Plaintiff,

v.

HILL COUNTRY BAKERY, LLC,

a Texas limited liability 

company; AUSTIN FREIGHT 

SYSTEMS, INC., a Texas 

corporation; and DOES 1 

through 30, inclusive,

Defendants.

No. 2:15-cv-00034-GEB-CMK

ORDER RE: SETTLEMENT AND 

DISPOSITION

Plaintiff filed a “Notice of Settlement” on April 2, 

2015, in which it states:

the parties have negotiated a settlement of 

the above-captioned matter. A written 

settlement agreement is being circulated for 

approval and execution by the parties. Upon 

receipt of the settlement proceeds by 

plaintiff, a Stipulation of Dismissal With 

Prejudice will be filed. 

(Notice of Settlement, ECF No. 12.)

Therefore, a dispositional document shall be filed no 

later than April 23, 2015. See E.D. Cal. R. 160(b) (prescribing 

that documents disposing of an action shall be filed “not . . . 

more than twenty-one (21) days from the date of [notice of 

settlement], absent good cause”). Failure to respond by this 

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deadline may be construed as consent to dismissal of this action 

without prejudice, and a dismissal order could be filed. See id.

(“A failure to file dispositional papers on the date prescribed 

by the Court may be grounds for sanctions.”).

Further, the Status Conference scheduled for hearing on 

April 20, 2015, is continued to commence at 9:00 a.m. on May 18, 

2015, in the event no dispositional document is filed, or if this 

action is not otherwise dismissed.1 A joint status report shall 

be filed fourteen (14) days prior to the status conference. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 7, 2015

 

1 The status conference will remain on calendar, because the mere 

representation that a case has been settled does not justify vacating a 

scheduling proceeding. Cf. Callie v. Near, 829 F.2d 888, 890 (9th Cir. 1987)

(indicating that a representation that claims have been settled does not 

necessarily establish the existence of a binding settlement agreement). 

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