Ballard v. Hatley et al

Filing 91

ORDER: A judicial settlement conference is set for 1/14/2021 beginning at 9:30 a.m. BY TELEPHONE before Magistrate Judge W. Carleton Metcalf. Any request seeking permission to modify the terms of this Order shall be filed no later than 1/7/2021 or be subject to summary denial. (See Order for further details). Signed by Magistrate Judge W. Carleton Metcalf on 12/29/2020. (Pro se litigant served by US Mail and Captain Hartley served via e-mail.) (maf)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
CHARLOTTE DIVISION
3:17-cv-00393-MR
ROBERT BALLARD,
Plaintiff,
v.
FNU HATLEY, FNU THOMPSON,
FNU BENNETT, FNU HERRING,
FNU ROGERS, FNU AARON, FNU DOE,
FNU PARKS, FNU SIMMONS,
EYHO A. PARKS, AMBA E. TOTOU,
CHARLENE G. BARRETT,
OLUWAFULUKE ABISOGUN,
WINNIE KAIRUKI
Defendants.
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ORDER

This matter is before the undersigned following the Order of the District
Court granting Plaintiff’s request for a judicial settlement conference. Doc. 90.
A judicial settlement conference is set for Thursday, January 14, 2021
beginning at 9:30 AM.
The conference will be conducted by telephone. Call-in instructions will
be provided to the parties by separate communication.
Plaintiff shall participate in the conference from Central Prison,
Plaintiff’s present place of incarceration. Central Prison shall ensure that the

necessary accommodations are made to allow Plaintiff to participate in the
settlement conference.
Defendants and their counsel may participate in the conference from any
location they deem appropriate, provided that Defendants and their 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 all Defendants, to the extent Defendants themselves do
not have such authority. Any such person shall also participate using the same
conference line as Defendants and their counsel.
Any request seeking permission to modify the terms of this Order shall
be filed no later than January 7, 2021 or be subject to summary denial.
The Clerk is respectfully instructed to certify a copy of this Order to
Captain Michelle Hartley at Central Prison.
It is so ordered.
Signed: December 29, 2020

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