Free Order of 9th Circuit - District Court of Arizona - Arizona

l T NOV 0 7 2006
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
. c ‘ CATHY A. CATTERSON
- - · , APPEALS
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· ALANCOTECHNOLOGIES, INC., an l Nos. 06-16173, 06-16176 I.
Arizona corporation; et al., ` ` 1 _
‘ D.C. No. CV—04—00789-PHX-
Plaintiffs/Appellants/Cross- DGC A
_ Appellees, . . District of Arizona, _
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CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE I ORDER l P
COMPANY, a Florida corporation, - _ -
I A Defendant/Appellee/Cross- I ‘ -
Appellant. _ _
1 On October 10, 2006, a telephone conference was held with Circuit
A Mediator Margaret A. Corrigan. T. Michael Daggett, Esq. and.Ch.ristia.n C. M. I-
Beams, Esq. participated on behalf of appe1lants/cross-appellees Alanco ` “
Technologies, Inc., et al. ("Alanco"); James Thurston, Esq. participated on behalf _
- " l of appellee/cross—appellant Carolina Casualty Insurance Company ("Carolina l
Casualty"). _ _ - l l l l
. I These appeals are selected for inclusion in the Mediati-on Program. During
the time these appeals remain in the Mediation Program, all procedural matters
should be brought to the attention of the Circuit Mediator. _ ‘
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An in-person mediation conference will be held on Wednesday, l · _
November 29, 2006, beginning at 9:30 a.m_., in Suite 614, in the Sandra Day
O’Connor Courthouse, 401 W. Washington Street, Phoenix, Arizona [local
contact: Tonica Svvan 602-322-7322). Unless otherwise excused, the following 1
shall participate in the mediation session: on behalf of Alanco, John Carlson, CFC:
. ` I. .. _o£Alancc, and Michael Daggett and Christian C. IM. Beams, Alancojspcounselpon __ g _
l behalf of Carolina Casualty, Jane DiGioia, Eso. of Carolina Casualty’s D O l l l C
Coverage Section, and James Thurston, Carolina Casualty’s counsel. C
_ ‘ All participants should come to the mediation session with full authority to l
settle the entire dispute and be prepared to spend the whole day engaged in
l meaningful settlement discussions. _ l l .. _ `
- On or before Wednesday, November 22, 2006, counsel for the parties shall `
submit to the Circuit Mediator only a letter, double—spaced, containing a succinct l
i l l summary ofthe issues raised by theunderlying litigation and on appeal, the
C subm1ni§g·party’S6iéai{&id a§=,es-Smear Or1i{e'§ire@ths» ai{&R}&¢`a1é1¢ésesEriihé*Di C fp `C
l arguments of both the submitting party and those of the other parties on those l
issues, and the following information with respect to the settlement negotiations: a
description of the factors that are guiding the submitting party’s decisionmaking in
the settlement negotiations, all viable settlement options, any obstacles to l
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settlement to date and suggestions for overcoming them, any practical factors that
_ vvill affect the parties’ negotiations, and any information or insights about the -
l dispute or any of the parties that would be helpful for the Circuit Mediator to
’ know prior to the mediation to make the session more productive. .@@; .
_ l confidential letters statements should be served on the Circuit Mediator only and ` `
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. The briefingschedule is- amended as follows.: Alanco shall file an opening
. brief on or before February 16, 2007; Carolina Casualty shall file an l
answering/opening brief on or before March 28, 2007; Alanco shall file a
· . l reply/answering brief on or before April 27, 2007; Carolina Casualty may file an
optional reply brief fourteen (14) days from the service date of Alanco’s p _
_ reply/answering. brief · l -
` . ‘ Counsei arerequested to contact the Circuit Medi-ator should circumstances .
‘ l _ develop that warrant further discussions prior to the seheduled mediation session. l l
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. - ‘ Margare . Corrigan . _
_ Circuit.Mediator
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