(PC) Bullard v. St. Andra
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 EFREN DANIELLE BULLARD, Case No. 1:17-cv-0328-NONE-HBK (PC) ORDER DENYING AND GRANTING Plaintiff,
INAPRT DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO
EXCUSE DEFENDANTS FROM
v. ATTENDING SETTLEMENT
CONFERENCE
16 (Doc. No. 103). BENSON, et al., 18 Defendants. 19 Pending before the Court is a Motion to Excuse Defendants from Attending the Settlement Conference, and supporting declaration from attorney Sloan, filed January 28, 2021. (See Doc. No. 103, Motion; Doc. No. 103-1, Decl. Sloan). A settlement conference is currently scheduled to occur on March 25, 2021. See Doc. No. 101. Defendants note that the court’s order setting the settlement conference requires the three individual defendants to attend the conference, unless the court otherwise permits in advance to have a party not to attend. Motion at 1 (citing Doc. No. 101). Defendants correctly submit that Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(c)(1) provides the Court may require individual…