Howard v. Connett et al

Filing 119

ORDER Denying 118 Motion for District Judge to Reconsider Order. Signed by Judge Richard F. Boulware, II on 8/12/2015. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - DC)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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Case No. 2:11-cv-01402-RFB-GWF

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REGINALD C. HOWARD,
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Plaintiff,
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v.

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO
RECONSIDER ORDER TO PRODUCE
REGINALD C. HOWARD

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BRIAN CONNETT, et al.,
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Defendants.
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Before this Court is a Motion to Reconsider Order denying Motion to Produce Inmate for
Settlement Conference. ECF No. 118.
Plaintiff filed this Motion in light of this Court’s Order to Produce Mr. Howard for a Status
Check two days after the Settlement Conference. ECF No. 116.
LR 1B 3-1(a) provides that “A district judge may reconsider any pretrial matter referred to
a magistrate judge in a civil or criminal case pursuant to LR IB 1-3, where it has been shown that
the magistrate judge’s ruling is clearly erroneous or contrary to law.”
The Court denies Plaintiff Howard’s Motion to Reconsider. Magistrate Judge Foley found,
and the Court agrees, that “the settlement conference can be effectively conducted with the
Plaintiff appearing via teleconference.” ECF No. 114. Further, Magistrate Judge Foley has
assured Plaintiff’s counsel that “the Court will allow him to have private conversations with his
client as needed.” ECF No. 114. Magistrate Judge Foley’s Order was neither clearly erroneous
nor contrary to law.

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Therefore, IT IS ORDERED THAT Plaintiff Reginald C. Howard’s Motion to

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Reconsider Order denying Motion to Produce Inmate for Settlement Conference (ECF No. 118) is

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denied.

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DATED this 12th day of August, 2015.

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RICHARD F. BOULWARE, II
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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