Opinion
Caroline Koch, Drevet Hunt, LAWYERS FOR CLEAN WATER, INC., San Francisco, California, Attorneys for Plaintiff, CALIFORNIA SPORTFISHING PROTECTION ALLIANCE.
William Funderburk, CASTELLÓN & FUNDERBURK LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Attorney for Defendant, SECURITY CONTRACTOR SERVICES, INC.
STIPULATION REQUESTING APPOINTMENT OF MAGISTRATE JUDGE TO CONDUCT COURT SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE; ORDER
MORRISON C. ENGLAND, Jr., Chief District Judge.
Plaintiff California Sportfishing Protection Alliance and Defendant Security Contractor Services, Inc. (collectively the "Parties") in the above-entitled action submit this Stipulation Requesting Appointment to a Magistrate Judge to Conduct a Court Settlement Conference.
WHEREAS, the Parties have been engaged in informal settlement discussions, including a telephonic conference between the Parties' technical consultants, a site inspection of the facility, and the exchange of several Consent Decrees in an effort to settle this action;
WHEREAS, in the Joint Status Report the Parties agreed to submit to formal settlement of this matter with a magistrate judge pursuant to Civil Local Rule 270 (Court Settlement Conferences) in the event the parties are unable to resolve this matter via their ongoing informal settlement discussions by October 31, 2015 ( see Dkt. No. 10);
WHEREAS, to date the Parties have been unable to resolve this matter via their ongoing informal settlement discussions and believe a Court Settlement Conference will facilitate settlement of the action;
WHEREAS, the Parties agree to submit this matter to a magistrate judge for a settlement conference pursuant to Civil Local Rule 270(a) to be completed no later than December 15, 2015;
WHEREAS, the Parties have accounted for participation in a Court Settlement Conference and no modifications to the case management plan are needed at this time;
WHEREAS, the Parties have submitted a [Proposed] Order concurrently herewith;
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND REQUESTED by and among the Parties that the Court assign this action to a magistrate judge to conduct a Court Settlement Conference to be completed by December 15, 2015, if the magistrate judge's calendar permits.
ORDER GRANTING STIPULATION REQUESTING APPOINTMENT OF MAGISTRATE JUDGE TO CONDUCT COURT SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE
Having duly considered the Stipulation Requesting Appointment of Magistrate Judge to Conduct Court Settlement Conference filed by the Parties in this action on November 5, 2015, and good cause showing:
It is hereby ordered that the above-captioned matter is assigned to Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan, who was randomly drawn, to conduct a Court Settlement Conference pursuant to Civil Local Rule 270 to be completed by December 15, 2015, if the Judge Brenann's calendar permits.
IT IS SO ORDERED.