Opinion
Civil Case No. 04-6085 (FSH).
December 12, 2007
OPINION and ORDER
This matter having come before the Court upon Defendants' request for an adjournment of the Settlement Conference scheduled before this Court on December 19, 2007; and
it appearing that the Court's December 6, 2007 order scheduling a Settlement Conference notes the limited circumstances for which the Court will adjourn a Settlement Conference; and
Paragraph 6 of the Court's December 6, 2007 order reads as follows:
Finally, the senior attorney responsible for this case is directed to e-mail Deputy Clerk . . . to confirm his or her attendance at this conference. . . . Adjournments will be permitted only if the lead counsel is actually on trial or otherwise previously scheduled to appear in another court on the date scheduled. If so, please send a written request for adjournment stating grounds for the request, including the name of the judge before whom the trial or other matter is being held and a phone number where that judge can be reached. Oral requests for adjournments will not be considered.
Order, Dec. 6, 2007, DKT#78.
it appearing that Defendants' counsel requests an adjournment of the Settlement Conference because of a "training seminar scheduled that same day." See Letter from Stefani C. Schwartz, DKT#83; and
it appearing that Defendants' counsel has also requested adjournment because "it would be difficult to secure the attendance of [the parties'] clients." See id.; and
it appearing that a neither a training seminar nor "difficulty in secur[ing] the attendance" of the parties' clients are among the scheduling conflicts listed in paragraph 6 of the Court's December 6, 2007 order;
ACCORDINGLY, it is on this 12th day of December, 2007
ORDERED that the settlement conference scheduled for December shall be adjourned until January 8, 2008 at 1 pm; and it is further
ORDERED that the parties shall nevertheless submit their Settlement Conference Statements in accord with paragraph 4 of the Court's December 6, 2007 order no later than December 19, 2007; and it is further
ORDERED that no further adjournments will be granted except for good cause as described in paragraph 6 of the Court's December 6, 2007 order; and it is further
ORDERED that all other provisions of the Court's December 6, 2007 order remain in force, and that failure to abide by the Court's stated procedures may result in sanctions.