Witkin v. Swarthout

          ORDER SETTING SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE

          KENDALL J. NEWMAN UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

         Plaintiff is a state prisoner, proceeding without counsel, with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On June 10, 2016, this case was set for a settlement conference on July 27, 2016, before the undersigned. (ECF No. 53.) Defendant Wilkinson filed a notice of non-waiver of disqualification requesting a random magistrate judge preside over the settlement conference. (ECF No. 56.) Therefore, the July 27, 2016 settlement conference before the undersigned is vacated, and this case is referred to Magistrate Judge Carolyn K. Delaney to conduct a settlement conference at the U.S. District Court, 501 I Street, Sacramento, California, in Courtroom #24 on August 12, 2016, at 9:30 a.m.

         A separate order and amended writ of habeas corpus ad testificandum will issue concurrently with this order.

         In accordance with the above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

         1. The July 27, 2016 settlement conference before the undersigned is vacated.

         2. A settlement conference is set for August 12, 2016, at 9:30 a.m., in Courtroom #24 before Magistrate Judge Carolyn K. Delaney at the U.S. District Court, 501 I Street, Sacramento, California 95814.

         3. The parties are instructed to have a principal with full settlement authority present at the Settlement Conference or to be fully authorized to settle the matter on any terms. The individual with full authority to settle must also have "unfettered discretion and authority" to change the settlement position of the party, if appropriate. The purpose behind requiring the attendance of a person with full settlement authority is that the parties' view of the case may be altered during the face to face conference. An authorization to settle for a limited dollar amount or sum certain can be found not to comply with the requirement of full authority to settle.^[1]

         4. Each party shall provide a confidential settlement statement to the following email address: ckdorders@caed.uscourts.gov not later than August 5, 2016. Plaintiff shall mail his confidential settlement statement Attn: Magistrate Judge Carolyn K. Delaney, USDC CAED, 501 I Street, Suite 4-200, Sacramento, California 95814 so it arrives no later than August 5, 2016. The envelope shall be marked "CONFIDENTIAL SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE STATEMENT." If a party desires to share additional confidential information with the Court, they may do so pursuant to the provisions of Local Rule 270(d) and (e). Parties are also directed to file a "Notice of Submission of Confidential Settlement Statement." (See L.R. 270(d)).

         Settlement statements should not be filed with the Clerk of the Court nor served on any other party. Settlement statements shall be clearly marked "confidential" with the date and time of the settlement conference indicated prominently thereon.

         The confidential settlement statement shall be no longer than five pages in length, typed or neatly printed, and include the following:

         a. A brief statement of the facts of the case.

         b. A brief statement of the claims and defenses, i.e., statutory or other grounds upon which the claims are founded; a forthright evaluation of the parties' likelihood of prevailing on the claims and defenses; and a description of the major issues in dispute.

         c. A summary of the proceedings to date.

         d. An estimate of the cost and time to be expended for further ...