Opinion
Case No.2:09-cv-02232-KJN
09-14-2011
Johnson Plaintiff, v. Santillan, et al Defendants
DISABLED ACCESS PREVENTS INJURY, INC. SCOTT N. JOHNSON, Attorney for Plaintiff JAMES A. SANTILLAN Defendant MARIA ELENA SANTILLAN Defendant
SCOTT N. JOHNSON, ESQ., SBN 166952
DISABLED ACCESS PREVENTS INJURY, INC.
Attorney for Plaintiff Scott N. Johnson
STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER
REQUESTING FOR CONTINUANCE OF
PRETRIAL CONFERENCE
AND REQUEST FOR EARLY
SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE
Pretrial Conference:9/29/2011
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Courtroom: 25
Plaintiff: Scott N. Johnson, along with Defendants: James A. Santillan and Maria Elena Santillan, hereby request that this action be set for an early settlement conference. The parties also requests a continuance in which to conduct the pretrial conference currently set for September 29, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. Both parties hope to settle the case without the need of a Pretrial Conference.
DISABLED ACCESS PREVENTS
INJURY, INC.
SCOTT N. JOHNSON,
Attorney for Plaintiff
JAMES A. SANTILLAN
Defendant
MARIA ELENA SANTILLAN
Defendant
ORDER
The parties' joint request to continue the final pretrial conference in this case (Dkt. No. 20), which represents that the parties wish to engage in a settlement conference prior to trial, is GRANTED. Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:
1. The final pretrial conference presently scheduled to take place on September 29, 2011, is VACATED.
2. The jury trial presently scheduled to commence on November 7, 2011, is VACATED.
3. If necessary, new dates for the final pretrial conference and trial will be set after the parties' anticipated settlement conference.
4. If the parties prefer to participate in a settlement conference conducted by a judge other than the undersigned magistrate judge, the parties shall file a stipulation within 14 days of the date of this order requesting a settlement conference before a judge other than the undersigned.
Alternatively, if the parties prefer to participate in a settlement conference conducted by the undersigned magistrate judge, the parties shall file a stipulation seeking a settlement conference before the undersigned and waiving of the undersigned's disqualification by virtue of acting as the settlement judge. If the parties prefer that the undersigned magistrate judge conduct the settlement conference, they shall, within 14 days of the date of this order, contact the undersigned's Courtroom Deputy, Matt Caspar, at (916) 930-4187, in order to schedule the settlement conference.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
KENDALL J. NEWMAN
UNITED STALES MAGISTRATE JUDGE