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Parties Involved:
ICE Consulting, Inc.
Counter-defendant
Gavin Jensen
Counter-claimant
Derick Needham
Plaintiff
Uzair Sattar
Counter-defendant

Document Text:

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Stipulated Request for an Early Referral to a Settlement Conference Case No. 16-CV-04349-EMC

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HARMEET K. DHILLON (SBN: 207873)

harmeet@dhillonlaw.com

NITOJ P. SINGH (SBN: 265005)

nsingh@dhillonlaw.com

DHILLON LAW GROUP INC.

177 Post Street, Suite 700

San Francisco, California 94108

Telephone: (415) 433-1700

Facsimile: (415) 520-6593

Attorneys for Defendant Gavin Jensen

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

ICE CONSULTING, INC. et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

GAVIN JENSEN,

Defendant.

Case Number: 16-CV-04349-EMC

STIPULATED REQUEST BY ALL 

PARTIES FOR AN EARLY REFERRAL 

TO A JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT 

CONFERENCE; AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER

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Plaintiffs ICE Consulting, Inc., Uzair Sattar, and Derick Needham (collectively “Plaintiffs”), 

and Defendant Gavin Jensen (“Defendant”), by and through their respective counsel, hereby enter 

into this Stipulation for an early referral to a Settlement Conference pursuant to ADR L.R. 7, et seq.

The parties have worked in good faith in furtherance of a settlement in this matter, but are now at a 

point where they believe further settlement discussions would strongly benefit from a judicial 

settlement conference. In the interest of avoiding further attorneys’ fees and costs, the parties seek a 

referral to the Court’s Settlement Conference program now, in advance of the December 8, 2016 Case 

Management Conference in this matter.

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs initiated this matter on August 2, 2016 (Dkt. No. 1);

WHEREAS, counsel for Defendant was retained on August 16, 2016;

WHEREAS, since August 18, 2016, the parties have discussed settlement in good faith, and 

have exchanged draft settlement agreements, but have now reached an impasse;

WHEREAS, the parties, due to their limited experience with litigation and the emotional 

nature of this litigation, believe that further settlement discussions will benefit from a judicial 

settlement conference in place of other ADR options;

WHEREAS, the parties believe that only limited additional information and document 

exchanges may be necessary to effectuate a productive settlement conference; 

WHEREAS, in the interest of avoiding incurring additional attorneys’ fees and costs, the 

parties request an early referral to a judicial settlement conference in advance of the December 8, 

2016 Case Management Conference in this matter; and

WHEREAS, while Plaintiffs have proposed continuing all dates on all deadlines and hearings 

so that the parties may focus on settlement, Defendant would, at minimum, request that the Court 

move forward with the Case Management Conference so that a trial date and other deadlines are set, 

and that this matter not be further delayed should the parties be unable to reach a settlement;

ACCORDINGLY, THE PARTIES HEREBY STIPULATE to the following:

That all parties respectfully request that this matter be assigned to an early judicial settlement 

conference as soon as possible;

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

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Date: November 3, 2016 DHILLON LAW GROUP INC.

By: /s/ Nitoj P. Singh

Nitoj P. Singh

Attorneys for Defendant Gavin Jensen

Date: November 3, 2016 NOSSAMAN LLP

By: /s/ Andrew C. Crane

Veronica M. Gray

Andrew C. Crane

Attorneys for Plaintiffs ICE Consulting, Inc.;

Uzair Sattar; and Derick Needham

ORDER

PURSUANT TO THE STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Hon. Edward M. Chen

United States District Judge

This case is referred

to a magistrate judge for an expedited settlement conference. Settlement conference 

is to be completed within 30 days, if possible.

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

AS MODIFIED

Judge Edward M. Chen

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