Actually the judge did not order us to settle but ask US attorne
I guess I am lucky because the same judge in a previous WOM case sternly rebuked US attorney's request of 60-day extension. She is obviously sympathetic to us. The deadline she set for US attorney to respond to my complaint is only 4 weeks after filing! She also ordered US marshall to deliver the summons for me. She even agreed to waive my fee but, unfortunately for me, I paid it already. So this time US attorney only asked two 14-day extention and always said that they are actively working to resolve my case, which I think they did.