Krista Freitag, Court-appointed Permanent Receiver for ANI Development, LLC, American National Investments, Inc., and Their Subsidiaries and Affiliates v. Sarah Christine Peterson, Claire Laureen Peterson, Del Mar Capital Investors, LLC, and Does 1–10

Summary

The United States District Court for the Southern District of California granted the parties’ joint motion to continue the early neutral evaluation and case management conference. The Court reset both proceedings for December 8, 2025, established deadlines for confidential settlement statements and initial disclosures, and set mandatory videoconference and settlement-authority requirements.

Holdings

1. The parties demonstrated good cause for continuing the ENE and CMC because lead counsel's conflicting 10-to-12-day jury trial would impair counsel's ability to prepare adequately for the ENE.
2. The court reset the ENE and CMC for December 8, 2025, ordered attendance by parties and responsible counsel, required full and complete settlement authority, required confidential ENE statements by December 2, 2025, extended the initial-disclosure deadline to November 26, 2025, and required compliance with the specified videoconference procedures.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the parties demonstrated good cause to continue the Early Neutral Evaluation and Case Management Conference.
2. What procedures and deadlines should govern the continued Early Neutral Evaluation, Case Management Conference, settlement-authority requirements, ENE statements, initial disclosures, videoconference participation, and sanctions.

Disposition

other