Beltran v. Baker et al

Filing 129

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Allison Claire on 05/23/2023 ORDERING that within 14 days, any party may request that the settlement conference be conducted by a magistrate judge other than the undersigned. (Spichka, K.)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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JAIME BELTRAN,

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No. 2:17-cv-1520 TLN AC P

Plaintiff,
v.

ORDER

ERIC R. BAKER, et al.,
Defendants.

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Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding through counsel with a civil rights action pursuant

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to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. By findings and recommendations filed March 13, 2023, the undersigned

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recommended that defendant Guerra’s motion for summary judgment be denied. ECF No. 125.

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The findings and recommendations have now been adopted in full (ECF No. 128) and this case is

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ready to proceed to trial on the claims against defendant Guerra. However, the court has

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determined that this case would benefit from a settlement conference before pretrial and trial

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dates are set. Therefore, this case will be scheduled for a settlement conference. Under Local

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Rule 270(b), because the undersigned is not the trial judge, the undersigned may conduct the

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settlement conference, “except that, at the time the settlement conference is scheduled or as

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otherwise ordered by the Court, any party may request that the conference not be conducted by

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the assigned Magistrate Judge.” The parties will therefore be given an opportunity to request that

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another magistrate judge conduct the settlement conference.
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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that within fourteen days of the service of this

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order, any party may request that the settlement conference be conducted by a magistrate judge

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other than the undersigned. If no party requests a different magistrate judge, a settlement

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conference will be scheduled before the undersigned.

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DATED: May 23, 2023

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