Hodges v. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department

          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. ...