Free Set Hearings - District Court of Arizona - Arizona

MINUTES OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

REILLY

V. BREWER CT. DEPUTY TRISH LOPEZ At torneys

NO. 02CV2218-PHX(LSP) R~tr. Defendants

HON. LEO S. PAPAS Plaintiffs

The date and time of the Settlement Conference on January 10, 2006, at 2 p.m. is vacated and reset for January 25, 2006, at 9 a.m. All parties or their representatives who have full and unlimited authority to enter into a binding settlement, in addition to the attorneys participating in the litigation, shall be present at the conference. "Full authority to settleff means that the individuals at the settlement conference must be authorized to fully explore settlement options and to agree at that time to any settlement terms acceptable to the parties. Heileman Brewinq Co., Inc. v. Joseph Oat Corg., 871 F.2d 648 (7th Cir. 1989). The person needs to have "unfettered discretion and authorityu to change the settlement position of a party. Pitman v. Brinker Intl., Inc., 216 F.R.D. 481, 485-486 (D. Ariz. 2003). The purpose of requiring a person with unlimited settlement authority to attend the conference includes that the person's view of the case may be altered during the face to face d conference. I . at 486. A limited or a sum certain of authority is not adequate. Nick v. Morqanfs Foods, Inc., 270 F.3d 590 (8th Cir. 2001).

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Notified by Telephone INITIALS: PML Deputy

January 10, 2006

IT IS SO ORDERED: Leo S. Papas, US Magistrate Judge

Case 2:02-cv-02218-BTM-LSP

Document 236

Filed 01/10/2006

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