Opinion
NO. C 09-02079 JW
10-25-2011
Anita Hunter, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Citibank, N.A., et al., Defendants.
ORDER VACATING STATUS CONFERENCE AND SETTING PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF SETTLEMENT AS TO THE CORDELL DEFENDANTS; CONTINUING PRELIMINARY PRETRIAL CONFERENCE AS TO DEFENDANT SVLG
This case is scheduled for a Status Conference and Pretrial Conference on October 31, 2011. Pursuant to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Local Rules of this Court, the parties conferred and duly submitted a Joint Case Management Statement and Proposed Order. (See Docket Item Nos. 575, 583.) Based on their Joint Statements, the Court ORDERS as follows:
(1) With respect to the Cordell Defendants, because the parties represent that they have settled in principle, the Court VACATES the Status Conference as to these parties. On or before December 2, 2011, the parties shall file a Joint Motion for Preliminary Approval of Settlement. The Court sets December 19, 2011 at 9 a.m. for the hearing on the Motion. If the Motion is not filed by December 2, 2011, the parties shall file a Joint Statement updating the Court on the status of the settlement. To the extent the parties require additional time to reduce their settlement to a writing, the parties shall clearly set forth such time and propose a new hearing date for the anticipated Motion.
(2) With respect to Defendant Silicon Valley Law Group, in light of the pending Motions in a related case-namely, McHale v. Silicon Valley Law Group, No. C 10-4864 JW-the Court CONTINUES the Pretrial Conference to November 21, 2011 at 11 a.m. On or before November 10, 2011, the parties shall file a Joint Pretrial Statement. The Statement shall set forth the parties' proposed trial schedule and update the Court on the parties' settlement efforts.
JAMES WARE
United States District Chief Judge
THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT COPIES OF THIS ORDER HAVE BEEN DELIVERED TO:
Allen W. Burton aburton@omm.com
Allison Lane Cooper acooper@kksrr.com
Anthony Robert Zelle tzelle@zelmcd.com
Brett Alan Broge bbroge@lerchsturmer.com
Brian P. McDonough bmcdonough@zelmcd.com
Bryan J. Yarnell byarnell@bizlit.net
Carol Lynn Thompson cthompson@sidley.com
Christopher Ashworth ca@svlg.com
Cindy Hamilton hamiltonc@gtlaw.com
Debra Steel Sturmer Dsturmer@lerchsturmer.com
Eileen Regina Ridley eridley@foley.com
Ethan D. Dettmer edettmer@gibsondunn.com
F. Joseph Warin fwarin@gibsondunn.com
Irwin R Gilbert igilbert@bizlit.net
James Carnegie Krieg jkrieg@kksrr.com
Jeffrey Noah Labovitch jlabovitch@mwwllp.com
Jennifer Robin McGlone jmcglone@kksrr.com
Jerome Nathan Lerch jlerch@lerchsturmer.com
John Kenneth Van De Weert jvandeweert@sidley.com
Jonathan Matthew Blute jblute@mpbf.com
Karen Rosenthal rosenthalk@gtlaw.com
Katherine R. Catanese kcatanese@foley.com
Kevin Michael Fee kfee@sidley.com
Lawrence A Kellogg lak@lkllaw.com
Madeline Anne Zamoyski mzamoyski@omm.com
Mark Bruce Blocker mblocker@sidley.com
Michael Drury mdrury@mwwllp.com
Michael P. Denver mpdenver@hbsb.com
Patrick T. Wong pwong@foley.com
R. Van Swearingen vswearingen@sidley.com
Robert A. Curtis rcurtis@foleybezek.com
Robert Louis Brace rlbrace@hbsb.com
Scott A. Fink sfink@gibsondunn.com
Stephen F. Gordon sgordon@gordonfirm.com
Thomas G. Foley tfoley@foleybezek.com
Thomas Reynolds Heisler theisler@sidley.com
Thomas W. Evans tevans@zelmcd.com
Timothy J. Halloran thalloran@mpbf.com
Todd Barnett Gordon tgordon@gordonfirm.com
Wayne Allen Schrader wschrader@gibsondunn.com
William J. Goines goinesw@gtlaw.com
Richard W. Wieking, Clerk
JW Chambers
Susan Imbriani
Courtroom Deputy