Larson v. Cate et al

Filing 62

ORDER LIFTING STAY; DIRECTING DEFENDANTS TO RESPOND. Signed by Judge Lucy H. Koh on 8/11/14. (Attachments: # 1 Certificate/Proof of Service)(mpb, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 8/12/2014)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 RICHARD TERRY LARSON, 12 Plaintiff, v. 13 14 15 M. CREAMER-TODD, et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) No. C 12-3773 LHK (PR) ORDER LIFTING STAY; DIRECTING DEFENDANTS TO RESPOND 16 17 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed a civil rights complaint pursuant to 42 18 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that prison officials at Central Training Facility in Soledad retaliated 19 against him, in violation of the First Amendment. Defendants filed a motion for summary 20 judgment. On February 25, 2014, the court denied defendants’ motion for summary judgment 21 and referred this matter to Magistrate Judge Vadas for settlement proceedings. On July 14, 22 2014, Judge Vadas issued a minute order indicating that a settlement conference was held, and 23 the matter had been settled in full. (Docket No. 60.) As the settlement proceedings are over, the 24 court hereby LIFTS the stay and RE-OPENS this case. 25 On July 30, 2014, plaintiff filed a motion to vacate the settlement and stipulation for 26 dismissal agreement. In the motion, plaintiff alleges that, due to his pro se status and naivete, 27 plaintiff was coerced into signing the settlement documents. Defendants are directed to respond 28 to plaintiff’s motion within twenty-eight days of the filing date of this order. Plaintiff shall file a Order Lifting Stay; Directing Defendants to Respond P:\PRO-SE\LHK\CR.12\Larson773mtnvacatesett.wpd 1 reply within fourteen days thereafter. 2 IT IS SO ORDERED. 3 4 8/11/14 DATED: _________________ LUCY H. KOH United States District Judge 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Order Lifting Stay; Directing Defendants to Respond P:\PRO-SE\LHK\CR.12\Larson773mtnvacatesett.wpd 2

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