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Parties Involved:
Golden Gate Doughnuts, LLC
Defendant
Krispy Kreme Doughnut Corporation
Defendant
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc.
Defendant
Chris A. Nash
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CHRIS A. NASH, )

) 2:06-cv-1371-GEB-KJM

Plaintiff, )

)

v. ) ORDER RE: SETTLEMENT

) AND DISPOSITION

KRISPY KREME DOUGHNUTS, INC.; ) 

KRISPY KREME DOUGHNUT CORPORATION; )

GOLDEN GATE DOUGHNUTS, LLC, )

) 

Defendants. )

)

On October 26, 2007, Defendants filed a Notice of

Settlement notifying the Court that they “have reached a settlement

with Plaintiff . . . subject to the execution of a written

settlement agreement.” The Notice of Settlement also “request[s]

the Court vacate all pending appearances and deadlines, including

the trial date,” and “that the Court allow a minimum of thirty (30)

days to file the dispositional papers.” 

Trial is scheduled to commence in this action on November

13, 2007. Absent a showing that a judicially enforceable

settlement exists, the trial commencement date, and all related

deadlines, will not be vacated; the mere representation that an

action has been settled does not justify removal of the action

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28 1 Although all other related deadlines remain unchanged,

proposed prevailing party findings and conclusions shall be filed no

later than November 7, 2007. 

from a district court’s trial docket.1 See Callie v. Near, 829

F.2d 888, 890 (9th Cir. 1987) (before a settlement agreement is

enforceable the parties must have agreed to all material terms of

the settlement in an enforceable form). 

If the parties desire to have the trial date vacated,

they must file a dismissal document by November 9, 2007, or place a

judicially enforceable settlement on the record by the same date

(either by filing a writing in which the parties and counsel set 

forth all material terms of the settlement or by setting forth all

material settlement terms on the record in a hearing before the

judge). Otherwise, the case will not be removed from the judge’s

trial docket. 

If the parties elect to file a document setting forth the

material terms of their settlement, each party, through an

authorized agent, must affirm the settlement under 28 U.S.C. §

1746, or through the agent’s duly-notarized signature. Affirming

the settlement as stated could make it enforceable under federal

law. See Callie, 829 F.2d at 890. If the parties elect to set

forth the settlement terms at a hearing on the record, they must

contact the judge’s courtroom deputy, Shani Furstenau (916-930-

4114), to schedule a hearing on the judge’s calender so that the

hearing will take place no later than November 9, 2007.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 30, 2007

 

GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR.

United States District Judge

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