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Parties Involved:
Burley D. Tompkins
Plaintiff
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Defendant

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BURLEY D. TOMPKINS, No. 2:12-CV-1481-CMK

Plaintiff, 

vs. ORDER

UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD

COMPANY,

Defendant.

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Plaintiff brings this civil action under the Federal Employers Liability Act, 45

U.S.C. §§ 51, et seq. A settlement conference is scheduled for August 10, 2015, at 9:30 a.m. in

Sacramento, California, before the Hon. Carolyn K. Delaney. Parties are instructed to have a

principal with full settlement authority present at the settlement conference or to be fully

authorized to settle the matter on any terms. See Local Rule 270(f)(1). The individual with full

authority to settle must also have “unfettered discretion and authority” to change the settlement

position of the party, if appropriate. The purpose behind requiring the attendance of a person

with full settlement authority is that the parties’ view of the case may be altered during the faceto-face conference. An authorization to settle for a limited dollar amount or sum certain can be

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found not to comply with the requirement of full authority to settle. The parties are directed to

submit their confidential settlement conference statements to the Court using the following email

address: ckdorders@caed.uscourts.gov. Statements are due at least 7 days prior to the settlement

conference. These statements shall not be filed. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: June 26, 2015

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CRAIG M. KELLISON

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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