Free Order - District Court of California - California

Case 3:08-cv-00475-LAB-WMC

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Defendants. 16 17 On July 3, 2008, the Court held a telephonic Early Neutral Evaluation Conference in the 18 above entitled action. Appearing for Plaintiff was Donald Vaughn, Esq. Appearing for 19 Defendants was Frank Tobin, Esq. 20 Settlement could not be reached in the case at this time. 21 The Court discussed compliance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 26 and based thereon, issues the 22 following orders: 23 1. 24 2. 25 before August 1, 2008. Regarding each witness, the discovery plan will include 26 the name, most current address, most current phone number, and a brief 27 description of the subject matter of his/her testimony. The discovery plan will 28 also include the anticipated dates for the completion of both non-expert discovery
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DON MANUEL FOODS, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, Plaintiff, v. MANUEL CISNEROS ROMERO, an individual, et al.,

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Case No. 08-cv-475 LAB (WMc) ORDER FOLLOWING EARLY NEUTRAL EVALUATION CONFERENCE, SETTING RULE 26 COMPLIANCE AND NOTICE OF CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

The Rule 26(f) conference shall be completed before July 28, 2008; A discovery plan shall be lodged with Magistrate Judge McCurine, Jr. on or

Case 3:08-cv-00475-LAB-WMC

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and expert discovery; and, The date of initial disclosure pursuant to Rule 26(a)(1)(A-D) shall occur before August 13, 2008; The Court will hold a telephonic status conference on August 29, 2008 at 9:00 a.m. Only attorneys need appear on the call. Defendants' counsel is ordered to contact opposing counsel on the day and at the time indicated above and then initiate a joint call to the Court at (619) 557-6624.. Counsel and parties with full settlement authority are ordered to appear on September 5, 2008 at 9:30 a.m. in the chambers of United States Magistrate Judge William McCurine, Jr., 940 Front Street, Courtroom C, San Diego, California, 92101, for a full-day Settlement and Case Management Conference pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16(b). Full authority to settle means that the individual present at the settlement conference has the unfettered discretion and authority to: 1) fully explore settlement options and to agree at that time to any settlement options; 2) agree at that time to any settlement terms acceptable to the parties; 3) change the settlement position of a party; and 4) negotiate monetary awards without being restricted to a specific sum certain. Failure of any counsel or party to comply with this Order will result in the imposition of sanctions. IT IS SO ORDERED. DATED: July 3, 2008

Hon. William McCurine, Jr. U.S. Magistrate Judge United States District Court COPY TO: HONORABLE LARRY A. BURNS, U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE ALL PARTIES AND COUNSEL OF RECORD

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