Bishop v. Monarch Recovery Management, Inc.

Filing 9

ORDER re Settlement and Disposition signed by Judge Garland E. Burrell, Jr on 11/17/2011 ORDERING that a dispositional document shall be filed no later than December 19, 2011. The Status Conference scheduled for hearing on January 30, 2012, will remain on calendar in the event no dispositional document is filed, or if this action is not otherwise dismissed. A joint status report shall be filed fourteen (14) days prior to the Status Conference. (Duong, D)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 JOHN BISHOP, Plaintiff, 12 13 v. 14 MONARCH RECOVERY MANAGEMENT, INC., 15 Defendant. ________________________________ 16 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) 2:11-cv-02589-GEB-DAD ORDER RE: SETTLEMENT AND DISPOSITION 17 Plaintiff filed a “Notice of Settlement” on November 17, 2011, 18 in which he states, “a settlement of the present matter has been reached 19 and . . . Plaintiff anticipates [the settlement] will be finalized 20 within the next 30 days.” (ECF No. 8.) 21 Therefore, a dispositional document shall be filed no later 22 than December 19, 2011. Failure to respond by this deadline may be 23 construed as consent to dismissal of this action without prejudice, and 24 a dismissal order could be filed. See E.D. Cal. R. 160(b) (“A failure to 25 file dispositional papers on the date prescribed by the Court may be 26 grounds for sanctions.”). 27 28 Further, the Status Conference scheduled for hearing on January 30, 2012, will remain on calendar in the event no dispositional 1 1 document is filed, or if this action is not otherwise dismissed.1 A joint 2 status report shall be filed fourteen (14) days prior to the Status 3 Conference. 4 5 IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: November 17, 2011 6 7 GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR. United States District Judge 8 9 10 11 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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