Kelly v. Solomon et al

Filing 98

ORDER: A Judicial Settlement Conference is set for Thursday, 11/17/2020 at 01:30 PM in Chambers before Magistrate Judge W. Carleton Metcalf. The conference will be conducted by telephone. Call-in information will be provided to the parties by separate communication. Signed by Magistrate Judge W. Carleton Metcalf on 11/03/2020. (thh)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
CHARLOTTE DIVISION
3:17-CV-311-MR
WILLIE T. KELLY, JR.,
Plaintiff,
v.
GEORGE T. SOLOMON, R. D. MITCHELL,
ALFRED WILLIAM, MONICA BONDS,
KENNETH BEAVER, CHRIS HATLEY,
J. COLE, M. T. BUOMINO, FNU BULLOCK,
S. A. BIRD, M. MORMON, FNU MULLIS,
JOHN DOE, S. BAUCUM,
FNU WILLIAMSON, FNU RUSHING,
FNU ALLEN, J. BENNETT,
JOHN HERRING, H. CORPENING,
FNU WATKINS, ROBERT C. LEWIS,
KENNETH C. LASSITER,
ELIZABETH D. WALLACE,
KEVIN INGRAM, G. HAYES,
ALLEN X DEESE, CODI J LAUR,
FNU WILSON, FNU WISEMAN,
FNU HAMPTON, J. JAMES,
GREGORY SWINK, R. NEWBORN,
SCOTT MCFAULDS,
JEFFREY G. KRANTZ, SAINT TABB,
FNU HICK
Defendants.
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ORDER

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This matter is before the undersigned following the Order of the District
Court referring this case for a judicial settlement conference. Doc. 97.1
A judicial settlement conference is set for Tuesday, November 17, 2020
beginning at 1:30 p.m.
The conference will be conducted by telephone. Call-in information will
be provided to the parties by separate communication.
Unless authorized to the contrary in advance, Plaintiff and his counsel
shall participate in the conference using a single conference line. Plaintiff’s
counsel shall confer with the appropriate personnel at Plaintiff’s place of
incarceration to ensure that the necessary accommodations are made to allow
Plaintiff to participate in the settlement conference.
Defendant Laur and his counsel may participate in the conference from
any location they deem appropriate, provided that Defendant and his counsel
participate using a single conference line. Further, in accordance with this
district’s Local Civil Rule 16.3(d)(2), a person with full authority (not including
counsel of record) to settle all pending claims must also participate in the
conference on behalf of Defendant, to the extent Defendant himself does not

The Honorable Martin Reidinger referred this matter to the undersigned for
purposes of conducting a judicial settlement conference following the filing of a Joint
Status Report by Plaintiff and the only remaining defendant, Codi Laur. Doc. 96.
Both Plaintiff and Defendant Laur are represented by counsel.
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have such authority. Any such person shall also participate using the same
conference line as Defendant and his counsel.
It is so ordered.

Signed: November 3, 2020

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