Eimers Settlement
Eimers Settlement
Eimers Settlement
STEPHEN EIMERS, )
) Case No. 1:19-cv-44
Plaintiff, )
) Judge Travis R. McDonough
v. )
) Magistrate Judge Christopher H. Steger
LINDSAY CORPORATION, et al., )
)
Defendants. )
ORDER
Eastern District of Tennessee Local Rule 68.3 provides in part that “a judge of this Court
may refer any civil case for a judicial settlement conference. A judicially-hosted settlement
settlement of a case.” During the sixth day of trial, the parties represented to the Court that this
case was, pending a written agreement, resolved. As a result, the Court paused the trial and sent
the jury home until July 12. Given these circumstances and the crowded upcoming docket, this
case is hereby REFERRED to United States Magistrate Judge Christopher H. Steger for a
settlement conference to begin on June 24, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. The conference will last no
longer than two hours. Magistrate Judge Steger “shall retain complete discretion regarding the
format and the manner of carrying on the settlement conference.” He shall not discuss the
settlement conference with the undersigned except and unless progress is made toward
settlement. See E.D. Tenn. L.R. 68.3(c), (g). It is hereby ORDERED that one lawyer and one
party or party representative from each side shall attend the conference in person.