IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that an Early Neutral Evaluation of your case will be held on June 12, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. in the chambers of the Honorable William McCurine, Jr., United States Magistrate Judge, 221 West Broadway, Suite 1171, San Diego, California, 92101.

Absent extraordinary circumstances, requests for continuances will not be considered unless submitted in writing no less than fourteen (14) days prior to the scheduled conference.

Pursuant to Local 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 and factually prepared to discuss and resolve the case at the Early Neutral Evaluation conference.

Full authority to settle means that the individual present at the settlement conference has the unfettered discretion and authority to: 1) fully explore settlement options and to agree at that time to any settlement options; 2) agree at that time to any settlement terms acceptable to the parties; 3) change the settlement position of a party; and 4) negotiate monetary awards without being restricted to a specific sum certain.

Where the suit involves the United States or one of its agencies, only United States counsel with full settlement authority need appear. As to all other parties, appearance by litigation counsel only is not acceptable.

Requests to be excused from attendance for extraordinary circumstances must be in writing and received by the Court at least fourteen (14) days prior to the conference.

Failure of required counsel and parties to appear in person will be cause for the imposition of sanctions.