Arellano

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RAUL ARELLANO, Case No.: 22cv441-TWR(LR)

Plaintiff,

ORDER:

v. (1) DENYING DEFENDANTS’ A. CALDERON, et al.,

MOTION TO STAY EXPERT

Defendants. DISCOVERY AND VACATE THE

MANDATORY SETTLEMENT

16 CONFERENCE [ECF No. 34]; 17 (2) RESETTING THE

MANDATORY SETTLEMENT

CONFERENCE; AND

20 (3) GRANTING IN PART DEFENDANTS’ EX PARTE

APPLICATION TO EXCUSE

THEIR APPEARANCE AT THE

MANDATORY SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE [ECF No. 39]

25 Presently before the Court are Defendants A. Calderon and A. Moreno’s renewed 26 motion for the Court to “stay expert discovery and vacate the July 19, 2023 Mandatory 27 Settlement Conference” (“Stay and Vacate Motion”) (ECF No. 34) and Defendants’ ex 28 parte application for the Court “to excuse their appearance at the Mandatory Settlement Conference” (“Excusal Application”). (ECF No. 39.) For the reasons set…