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Parties Involved:
Phillip Bennett
Defendant
County of Alpine
Defendant
Donald Jardine
Defendant
Pamela Knorr
Defendant
Robert E. Levy
Plaintiff
Tom Sweeney
Defendant
Nancy Thornburg
Defendant

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STIPULATION TO SET CASE FOR SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE AND JOINT WAIVER OF 

DISQUALIFICATION – LEVY v. COUNTY OF ALPINE 

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Douglas E. Watts, SBN 182274 

WATTS LAW OFFICES

193 Blue Ravine Rd., Suite 100 

Folsom, CA 95630 

Telephone: (916) 673-9008 

Facsimile: (916) 404-5031 

E-mail: dwatts@wattslaw-norcal.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

ROBERT E. LEVY 

 

 Law Offices of 

 TONON & ASSOCIATES 

 Post Office Box 2536 

 Truckee, California 96160 

 Tel. (530) 587-0333 

 Fax. (530) 587-1545 

Gayle K. Tonon, Esq. (SBN 110427) 

Attorneys for Defendant: County of Alpine 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ROBERT E. LEVY, 

 Plaintiff, 

vs. 

COUNTY OF ALPINE; PAMELA KNORR;

TOM SWEENEY; DONALD JARDINE;

PHILLIP BENNETT; NANCY THORNBURG;

and DOES 1 through 50 Inclusive, 

 Defendants. 

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Case No. 2:13-cv-02643-KJM-CKD 

STIPULATION TO SET CASE FOR 

SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE BEFORE THE 

HON. KIMBERLY J. MUELLER AND JOINT 

WAIVER OF DISQUALIFICATION OF 

TRIAL JUDGE; ORDER

COMPLAINT FILED: 12/20/2013 

TRIAL DATE: 7/11/2016 

 IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the parties to this 

action, Plaintiff ROBERT E. LEVY on the one hand, and Defendant 

COUNTY OF ALPINE on the other, by and through their designated 

counsel, that this case be set for a Settlement Conference at the 

earliest available date in accordance with the Court’s instruction in 

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its Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Order (Doc. 13), P. 8, subheading 

“X. Settlement Conference.” 

 The parties do hereby further stipulate to allow the trial 

judge, the Hon. Kimberly J. Mueller, to act as settlement judge and 

agree to waive disqualification of Judge Mueller by virtue of her 

presiding over the Settlement Conference. 

 It is so stipulated: 

Dated: April 12, 2016 WATTS LAW OFFICES

 /s/ Douglas E. Watts 

 By: _____________________________ 

 DOUGLAS E. WATTS, ESQ. 

 Attorney for Plaintiff, 

 ROBERT E. LEVY 

Dated: April 14, 2016 TONON & ASSOCIATES 

 /s/ Gayle K. Tonon 

 By: ______________________________ 

 GAYLE K. TONON, ESQ. 

 Attorney for Defendant 

 COUNTY OF ALPINE 

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ORDER 

 The court is in receipt of the parties’ stipulated motion for 

settlement conference, waiving a conflict as to the trial judge 

serving as the settlement judge, ECF No. 50. The Settlement 

Conference is SET for May 5, 2016 at 1:00P.M. in Courtroom 3 before 

Judge Kimberly J. Mueller. The parties are ORDERED to submit 

settlement conference statements by 12:00P.M. on April 28, 2016. The 

parties shall submit their statements to the court using the 

following email address: kjmorders@caed.uscourts.gov., with a Notice 

of the filing on the docket pursuant to Local Rule 270. 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: April 19, 2016. 

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