
By Emily Green
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SACRAMENTO - Bring a snack if you're going into a settlement conference with Judge Kendall J. Newman.
The federal magistrate judge for the Eastern District keeps litigants through the lunch hour if he sees any hope of settling. And for Newman, that's most of the time.
Newman says he adopts the sunny outlook of former U.S. Magistrate Judge Harry McCue, whom he appeared in front of as an attorney in... (continued)