Dynes v. Medina, et al

Filing 77

ORDER DENYING 73 , 74 , 75 Motions for Copy of C-File, Settlement, and Return of Filing signed by Magistrate Judge Gary S. Austin on 2/16/2010. (Sant Agata, S)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 9 10 11 12 13 Defendants. 14 15 This is a civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by Plaintiff John Ray Dynes, 16 a prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis. This action is proceeding on Plaintiff's amended 17 complaint, filed April 24, 2008, against Defendants Juan Medina and David Williams for use of 18 excessive physical force, in violation of the Eighth Amendment, and is set for jury trial on March 19 15, 2010. 20 On February 11, 2010, Plaintiff filed a motion seeking the production of his prison c-file and 21 a motion seeking settlement, and on February 12, 2010, Plaintiff filed a motion seeking the return 22 of court document number 59. 23 The discovery phase of this litigation is over, and it is too late for Plaintiff to be seeking the 24 production of any documents, either from Defendants or via the issuance of a subpoena under Fed. 25 R. Civ. P. 45. 26 Further, Defendants are aware of Plaintiff's settlement offers via the filing of this motion and 27 the filing of Plaintiff's previous motion on December 21, 2009. If Defendants are interested in 28 1 / v. JUAN MEDINA and DAVID WILLIAMS, JOHN RAY DYNES, Plaintiff, CASE NO. 1:08-cv-00136-GSA PC ORDER DENYING MOTIONS FOR COPY OF C-FILE, SETTLEMENT, AND RETURN OF FILING (Docs. 73, 74, and 75) UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 settlement, they will contact Plaintiff. The Court will not order a settlement conference unless all parties request one and the Court cannot order that the parties settle this matter. Finally, court document 59 is part of the official record in this action and Plaintiff may not seek return of the filing. Therefore, Plaintiff's motions, filed on February 11, 2010, and February 12, 2010, are HEREBY DENIED. IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: 6i0kij February 16, 2010 /s/ Gary S. Austin UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 2

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