Johnson v. The Hertz Corporation et al

Filing 24

ORDER re SETTLEMENT and DISPOSITION signed by Judge Garland E. Burrell, Jr. on 11/3/2011. Plaintiff has filed a 23 Notice of Settlement. Therefore, a dispositional document shall be filed no later than 12/2/2011. The Status Conference is CONTINUED to 1/30/2012 at 9:00 AM in Courtroom 10 (GEB) in the event no dispositional document is submitted. (Marciel, M)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 9 Scott N. Johnson, 10 Plaintiff, 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 v. The Hertz Corporation, Individually and d/b/a Hertz Local Edition; Ralph M. Wilson; Christina Wilson; Qui Vinh Luu, Individually and d/b/a Twin Dragon Restaurant; Carrie Margherita, Individually and d/b/a Hair Productions; Richard J. Tibbs, Individually and as Trustee of the Richard J. Tibbs and Jennifer Flowers Tibbs, Defendants. ________________________________ ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) 2:11-cv-01249-GEB-CKD ORDER RE: SETTLEMENT AND DISPOSITION Plaintiff filed a “Notice of Settlement” on November 2, 2011, 20 21 in which he states, “the parties have settled this action[, and 22 d]ispositional documents will be filed within (30) calendar days.” (ECF 23 No. 23.) 24 Therefore, a dispositional document shall be filed no later 25 than December 2, 2011. Failure to respond by this deadline may be 26 construed as consent to dismissal of this action without prejudice, and 27 a dismissal order could be filed. See E.D. Cal. R. 160(b) (“A failure to 28 1 1 file dispositional papers on the date prescribed by the Court may be 2 grounds for sanctions.”). 3 Further, the Status Conference scheduled for hearing on 4 November 28, 2011, is continued to January 30, 2012, commencing at 9:00 5 a.m., in the event no dispositional document is filed, or if this action 6 is not otherwise dismissed.1 A joint status report shall be filed 7 fourteen (14) days prior to the Status Conference. 8 9 IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: November 3, 2011 10 11 GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR. United States District Judge 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1 The Status Conference will remain on calendar, because the mere representation that a case has been settled does not justify vacating a scheduling proceeding. Cf. Callie v. Near, 829 F.2d 888, 890 (9th Cir. 1987) (indicating that a representation that claims have been settled does not necessarily establish the existence of a binding settlement agreement). 2

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