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N.D. Cal.Procedural orderFiled July 29, 2021

Langer v. Mattress Firm, Inc.

Judge
Kandis Westmore
Docket
4:20-cv-06516
Court
U.S. District Court · Northern District of California
Pages
1
Civil ProcedureContract
In one sentence

In Langer v. Mattress Firm, Judge Westmore vacated the case-management conference and ordered a joint settlement-status report.

Who this affects

Chris Langer and Mattress Firm, Inc.; the parties must file a joint settlement-status report, and their case-management conference was vacated.

What happened

Langer v. Mattress Firm, Inc. concerns the parties’ anticipated settlement. In their case-management statement, they said they expected to finalize the settlement agreement within 30 days.

The court vacated the August 3, 2021 case-management conference and required the parties to file a joint report about the settlement’s status by September 2, 2021.

Judge Westmore issued the order on July 29, 2021. The order did not decide the underlying claims.

The detailed version

For law students, journalists, and other readers who want the full reasoning

Case
Langer v. Mattress Firm, Inc. · No. 4:20-cv-06516
Judge
Kandis Westmore
Date
July 29, 2021

Background

The parties’ case-management statement said they anticipated finalizing the terms of a settlement agreement within 30 days.

Court’s action

The court vacated the case-management conference scheduled for August 3, 2021. It ordered the parties to file a joint status report about the settlement by September 2, 2021.

The court also noted that Mattress Firm stated it did not consent to magistrate-judge jurisdiction in the case-management statement, despite earlier consents filed by the parties. The order did not resolve that issue or decide the merits of the underlying dispute.

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