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IN RE STONE

Nos. 92-1406, 92-1462, 92-1573, 92-1592, 92-1625, 92-1909, 92-1977, 92-9004, 92-9065, 93-1032, 93-1094 and 93-1192.

986 F.2d 898 (1993)

In re M.P.W. STONE, Petitioner. In re INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE and Sonja Roundtree, Petitioners. In re UNITED STATES of America, Petitioner. (Nine cases) In re GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION and United States of America, Petitioners.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 12, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John G. Roberts, Jr., Deputy Sol. Gen., Robert V. Zener, Appellate Litigation Counsel, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for appellant in No. 92-1406.

Yona Rozen, Gillespie, Rozen & Tanner, Dallas, TX, Bill F. Bogle, Harris, Finley & Bogle, P.C., Fort Worth, TX, for Mary F. Strackbein.

John G. Roberts, Jr., Deputy Sol. Gen., Gary R. Allen, Chief, Appellate Section, Tax Div., Paula K. Speck, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for petitioners in No. 92-1462.

Al G. Frost, Jr., Philip R. Bishop, Daniel L. Tatum, Bishop, Payne, Williams & Werley, David F. Chappell, JoAnn S. Wright, Chappell & Handy, Ft. Worth, TX, Yona Rozen, Dallas, TX, for respondents in Nos. 92-1462 and 92-1592.

Bill F. Bogle, Harris, Finley & Bogle, Ft. Worth, TX, for U.S. District Court-NTX.

John G. Roberts, Jr., Dep. Sol. Gen., Robert V. Zener, Stuart M. Gerson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Appellate Litigation Counsel, Civ. Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for appellant in Nos. 92-1573 and 92-1625.

Richard Hill, Bedford, TX, Richard H. Gasperini, Wright, Robinson, McCammon, Osthimer & Tatum, Richmond, VA, Joel J. Steed, Dallas, TX, Bill F. Bogle, Harris, Finley & Bogle, Ft. Worth, TX, for appellee in No. 92-1573.

John G. Roberts, Jr., Deputy Sol. Gen., Gary R. Allen, Chief, Michael L. Paup, Paula K. Speck, Attys., James A. Burton, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for appellant in No. 92-1592.

William A. Roberts, Patricia M. King, Meadows, Owens, Collier, Reed & Coggins, Dallas, TX, Richard Kerbs, Burleson, TX, for appellee in No. 92-1592.

Thomas R. Jackson, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Dallas, TX, for Aetna Life Ins. Co.

Bill F. Bogle, Harris, Finley & Bogle, P.C., Fort Worth, TX, for Judge McBryde in No. 92-1625.

John G. Roberts, Jr., Gary R. Allen, Paula K. Speck, James A. Bruton, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, Chief, Appellate Section, Washington, DC, for appellant in No. 92-1909.

Bill F. Bogle, R. Gordon Appleman, Thompson & Knight, Fort Worth, TX, for Judge McBryde in Nos. 92-1909 and 93-1032.

Gary R. Allen, Paula K. Speck, Asst. Attys. Gen., James A. Bruton, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for appellant in Nos. 92-1977 and 93-1094.

Bill F. Bogle, Rick K. Disney, Douglas, Kressler & Wuester, P.C., Fort Worth, TX, Lorene Gates, Columbus, TX, for appellees in No. 92-1977.

Robert V. Zener, Henry D. Gabriel, Stuart M. Gerson, Asst. Attys. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Torts Branch, Barbara B. O'Malley, Sp. Litigation Counsel, Washington, DC, for appellant in No. 92-9004.

J. Stephen Walker, Walker, Suriano & Assoc., Chicago, IL, John H. Martin, Thompson & Knight, Dallas, TX, Harold D. Monk, Bedford, TX, Bill F. Bogle, Harris, Finley & Bogle, Ft. Worth, TX, for appellees in No. 92-9004.

Henry D. Gabriel, Appellate Staff, Civ. Div., Stuart M. Gerson, Robert V. Zener, Asst. Attys. Gen., Appellate Litigation Counsel, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for appellant in Nos. 92-9065 and 93-1192.

Bill F. Bogle, Harris, Finley & Bogle, Wayne C. Watson, Fort Worth, TX, for appellee in No. 92-9065.

Gary R. Allen, Chief, Paula K. Speck, Appellate Section, Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for appellant in No. 93-1032.

Bill F. Bogle, Harris, Finley & Bogle, R. Gordon Appleman, Thompson & Knight, Ft. Worth, TX, for appellee in No. 93-1094.

Bill F. Bogle, Michael Logan, Fort Worth, TX, for appellee in No. 93-1192.

Before JOLLY, DAVIS, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

In these petitions seeking writs of mandamus, we decide whether a federal district judge has the power, by a standing order, to direct the federal government to send a representative with full settlement authority to settlement conferences and, if so, whether he abused his discretion by so doing in these routine civil lawsuits involving the United States. In addition to requiring counsel to attend these conferences, the court also requires the attendance...

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