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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA CASE NUMBER PLAINTIFFS) V. NOTICE TO PARTIES OF COURT-DIRECTED ADR PROGRAM DEFENDANT(S). NOTICE TO PARTIES: It is the policy of this Court to encourage settlement of civil litigation when such is in the best interest of the parties. The Court favors any reasonable means,including alternative dispute resolution (ADR), to accomplish this goal.See Civil L.R 16-15. Unless exempted by the trial judge, parties in all civil cases must participate in an ADR process before trial. See Civil L.R. 16-15.1. The district judge to whom the above-referenced case has been assigned is participating in an ADR Program that presumptively directs this case to either the Court Mediation Panel or to private mediation. See General Order No. 11-10, §5. For more information about the Mediation Panel, visit the Court website, www.cacd.uscourts.gov, under "ADR." Pursuant to Civil L.R. 26-1(c), counsel are directed to furnish and discuss with their clients the attached ADR Notice To Parties before the conference of the parties mandated by Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(f). Based upon the consultation with their clients and discussion with opposing counsel, counsel must indicate the following in their Joint 26(f) Report; 1) whether the case is best suited for mediation with a neutral from the Court Mediation Panel or private mediation; and 2) when the mediation should occur. See Civil L.R. 26-1(c). At the initial scheduling conference, counsel should be fully prepared to discuss their preference for referral to the Court Mediation Panel or to private mediation and when the mediation should occur. The Court will enter an Order/Referral to ADR at or around the time of the scheduling conference. Clerk, U.S. District Court Dated; By. Deputy Clerk ADR 03(05113) 1NOTICE TO PARTIES OF COURT-DIRECTED ADR PROGRAM ��