(PC) Shockner v. Soltanian et al

Filing 73

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Kendall J. Newman on 10/15/2020 GRANTING defendants' 71 , 72 motion and request to opt out of the Post-Screening ADR Project; VACATING the 11/16/2020 settlement conference; and VACATING the 70 amended wr it of habeas corpus ad testificandum. The Clerk shall serve a copy of this order via fax on the VSP Litigation Coordinator. Defendants shall file a response to plaintiff's second amended complaint within thirty days of the date of this order. (cc: AC, ADR) (Yin, K) Modified on 10/15/2020 (Yin, K).

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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MANFRED SHOCKNER,

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Plaintiff,

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No. 2: 18-cv-1948 TLN KJN P

v.

ORDER

DR. SOLTANIAN, 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 February 27, 2020, the undersigned referred this action to the Post-

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Screening ADR Project and stayed this action for 120 days. (ECF No. 51.) This action is set for

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a settlement conference before Magistrate Judge Claire on November 16, 2020.

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On October 13, 2020, defendants Vaughn and Smith filed a motion to opt out of the Post-

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Screening ADR Project. (ECF No. 71.) On October 13, 2020, defendant Soltanian-Zadah filed a

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notice of joinder with this motion. (ECF No. 72.)

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Good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

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1.

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Defendants’ motion and request to opt out of the Post-Screening ADR Project (ECF
Nos. 71, 72) are granted;

2. The settlement conference set before Magistrate Judge Claire on November 16, 2020,
is vacated;
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3. The amended writ of habeas corpus ad testificandum for plaintiff to appear at the
settlement conference by Zoom video (ECF No. 70) is vacated;

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4. The Clerk of the Court is directed to serve a copy of this order via fax on the

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Litigation Coordinator at Valley State Prison at [phone] or via email;

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5. Defendants shall file a response to plaintiff’s second amended complaint within thirty
days of the date of this order.
Dated: October 15, 2020

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