Saldana v. Spearman et al

Filing 74

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Allison Claire on 1/10/2022 ORDERING, within 14 days, any party may request that the settlement conference be conducted by a magistrate judge other than the undersigned. If no party requests a different magistrate judge, a settlement conference will be scheduled before the undersigned. (Yin, K)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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SAMUEL SALDANA,

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No. 2:18-cv-0319 KJM AC P

Plaintiff,
v.

ORDER

M.E. SPEARMAN, et al.,
Defendants.

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Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with a civil rights

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action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. By findings and recommendations filed October 13, 2021,

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the undersigned recommended that defendant’s motion for summary judgment be denied. ECF

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No. 69. The findings and recommendations have now been adopted in full, ECF No. 73, and this

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case is ready to proceed to trial. However, the court has determined that this case would benefit

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from a settlement conference before pretrial and trial dates are set. Therefore, this case will be

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scheduled for a settlement conference. Under Local Rule 270(b), because the undersigned is not

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the trial judge, the undersigned may conduct the settlement conference, “except that, at the time

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the settlement conference is scheduled or as otherwise ordered by the Court, any party may

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request that the conference not be conducted by the assigned Magistrate Judge.”

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that within fourteen days of the service of this
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: January 10, 2022

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