Chambers v. Price et al

Filing 43

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Kendall J. Newman on 5/18/2018 DENYING plaintiff's 42 request for assistance in obtaining information regarding the status of his settlement. (Yin, K)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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JEROME CHAMBERS,

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Plaintiff,

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No. 2:15-cv-2274 GEB KJN P

v.

ORDER

JEROME PRICE, et al.,

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Defendants.

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Plaintiff is a state prisoner, proceeding without counsel, with a civil rights action pursuant

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to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On December 20, 2017, the undersigned conducted a settlement conference

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in this action. The parties reached a settlement and agreed to voluntarily dismissed this action.

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(ECF No. 40.)
On May 11, 2018, plaintiff filed a letter with the court regarding the settlement. (ECF No.

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42.) Plaintiff states that, pursuant to the terms of the settlement, he was to be paid $7000.

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Plaintiff alleges that his restitution and court costs would be paid out of that money, with the

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remaining money to be deposited in his trust account. Plaintiff alleges that his trust account

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balance should be $4341, following payment of his restitution and court costs. Plaintiff alleges

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that his trust account balance is instead $974.41. Attached to plaintiff’s letter is a copy of his trust

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account statement indicating a balance of $974.41 on April 13, 2018.

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The undersigned does not have information regarding the amount of restitution plaintiff
owed or how the settlement money was applied to pay plaintiff’s restitution.

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Plaintiff is directed to make further inquiries regarding the balance of his settlement

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money. Plaintiff is directed to contact the litigation coordinator (or other appropriate official) at

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his prison in order to clarify the amount of restitution and court costs he owed, and how the

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settlement money was applied to pay the restitution and court costs. If, after communicating with

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the litigation coordinator (or other appropriate official), plaintiff still has questions regarding

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payment of his settlement money, he may contact the court. If plaintiff contacts the court, he

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shall provide all documentation received from the litigation coordinator (or other appropriate

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official) regarding his settlement money.

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff’s request for assistance in

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obtaining information regarding the status of his settlement (ECF No. 42) is denied without

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prejudice.

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Dated: May 18, 2018

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