United States District Court, D. Nevada
ORDER (DOCKET NO. 78)
NANCY
J. KOPPE, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
Pending
before the Court is Defendant Evans' motion for
settlement conference. Docket No. 78. No response was filed.
See Docket. For good cause shown and because the
Court may properly grant the motion as unopposed,
see LR 7-2(d), Defendant's motion, Docket No.
78, is hereby GRANTED.
The
Court SETS a settlement conference to commence at 9:30 a.m.
on February 21, 2017, in the chambers of the undersigned
Magistrate Judge, Fourth Floor, Lloyd D. George United States
Courthouse, 333 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas,
Nevada.[1]
In
light of Plaintiff Antoine Hodges being in prison,
Defendant's counsel is further INSTRUCTED to coordinate
with the undersigned's courtroom deputy, Ari Caytuero, to
facilitate Plaintiff's telephonic appearance at the
settlement conference. Mr. Caytuero can be reached at
702-464-5566. Defendant's counsel and all other required
participants shall appear in person as explained below.
Unless
ordered otherwise, the following individual(s) are
required to be present in person for the duration of the
settlement conference:
1. All counsel of record who will be participating in the
trial;
2. All parties appearing pro se, except Plaintiff
Antoine Hodges, who will appear telephonically;
3. All individual parties, except Plaintiff Antoine Hodges,
who will appear telephonically;
4. In the case of non-individual parties, an officer or
representative with binding authority to settle this
matter up to the full amount of the claim or last demand
made; and
5. If any party is subject to coverage by an insurance
carrier, then a representative of the insurance carrier with
authority to settle this matter up to the full amount of
the claim or last demand.
Any
request for an exception to the above personal attendance
requirements must be filed and served on all parties within
seven (7) days of the issuance of this order. Such a request
will be strictly scrutinized for a showing of compelling
justification.
PREPARATION
FOR SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE
In
preparation for the settlement conference, each party shall
submit a confidential settlement conference statement for
in camera review. ...