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Parties Involved:
James Chitwood
Plaintiff
Northwest Airlines, Inc.
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JAMES CHITWOOD, )

) 2:07-cv-355-GEB-KJM

Plaintiff, )

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v. ) ORDER RE: SETTLEMENT

) AND DISPOSITION

NORTHWEST AIRLINES, INC., )

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Defendant. )

)

On July 23, 2007, the parties filed a Notice of

Resolution notifying the Court “that this case has been resolved in

its entirety” and that “a request for dismissal will be filed

within 15 days.” Therefore, a dispositional document shall be

filed no later than August 13, 2007. Failure to respond by this

deadline may be construed as consent to dismissal of this action

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

16-160(b) (“A failure to file dispositional papers on the date

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

The parties request that the pretrial conference set for

June 9, 2008 and the trial set to commence on September 9, 2008 “be

removed from the Court’s calendar.” However, the pretrial

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conference and trial will remain on calendar because the mere

representation that an action has been settled does not justify

removal of the action from a district court’s trial docket. 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). 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 24, 2007

 

GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR.

United States District Judge

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