Dawson Jr. v. Santander Consumer USA, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LUTHER C. DAWSON, JR., Case No.: 22cv849-JLS (MSB)

Plaintiff,

ORDER:

v. (1) GRANTING EX PARTE APPLICATION

TO CHANGE EARLY NEUTRAL

SANTANDER CONSUMER USA, INC., et al.,

EVALUATION DATE [ECF NO. 8]; AND

Defendants. (2) SUA SPONTE CONVERTING THE

EARLY NEUTRAL EVALUATION

CONFERENCE AND CASE MANAGEMENT

CONFERENCE TO VIDEO CONFERENCES 18 On July 25, 2022, Defendant Santander Consumer USA, Inc. (“Santander”) filed an “Ex Parte Application to Change Early Neutral Evaluation Date Due to Party and Counsel Unavailability.” (ECF No. 8.) In the motion, Santander explains that it has two conflicts with the August 17, 2022 Early Neutral Evaluation (“ENE”) date previously set by this court: its party representative is scheduled to attend a mediation in another case and its counsel will be away on a preplanned international vacation. (Id. at 2; ECF No. 8-1 at 2-3.) …