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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
AUTOSPLICE, INC., etc.,
Plaintiff,
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ALLSTATES WORLDCARGO, INC.,
etc.; et al.,
Defendants.
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Case No. 06-CV-2766-BEN (JMA)
NOTICE AND ORDER FOR EARLY
NEUTRAL EVALUATION CONFERENCE
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that an Early Neutral Evaluation
Conference will be held on February 5, 2007 at 10:00 a.m. in the
chambers of the Honorable Jan M. Adler, United States Magistrate
Judge, Room 1165, U.S. Courthouse, 940 Front Street, San Diego,
California.
Pursuant to Rule 16.1(c) of the Local Rules of the United
States District Court for the Southern District of California,
all named parties, all counsel, and any other person(s) whose
authority is required to negotiate and enter into settlement
shall appear in person at the conference, shall be prepared to
discuss the claims and defenses, and shall be legally
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and factually prepared to discuss and resolve the case at the
Early Neutral Evaluation Conference. The individual(s) present
at the Early Neutral Evaluation Conference with settlement
authority must have the unfettered discretion and authority on
behalf of the party to: 1) fully explore all settlement options
and to agree during the Early Neutral Evaluation Conference to
any settlement terms acceptable to the party (G. Heileman Brewing
Co., Inc. v. Joseph Oat Corp., 871 F.2d 648, 653 (7th Cir.
1989)), 2) change the settlement position of a party during the
course of the Early Neutral Evaluation Conference (Pitman v.
Brinker Int'l, Inc., 216 F.R.D. 481, 485-86 (D. Ariz. 2003)), and
3) negotiate a settlement without being restricted by any
predetermined