McNeill v. Herring et al

Filing 58

ORDER that the parties shall notify the Court within fourteen (14) days of this Order whether they consent to a judicial settlement conference in this matter. Signed by Magistrate Judge W. Carleton Metcalf on 4/12/2021. (Pro se litigant served by US Mail.) (khm)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
CHARLOTTE DIVISION
3:18-cv-00189-MR
JAMES C. MCNEILL,

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Plaintiff,
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vs.
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MICHAEL D. HINSON, et al.,
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Defendants.
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ORDER

THIS MATTER is before the Court sua sponte on the setting of this
matter for trial.
The parties are directed to notify the Court within fourteen (14) days of
this Order whether they consent for this Court to hold a judicial settlement
conference pursuant to Local Civil Rule 16.3(d) in an effort to settle this
matter without a trial.
The parties are advised that, should a judicial settlement conference
being undertaken in this matter to facilitate settlement, there is no
requirement that the case settle through such a conference. Rather, if a
judicial settlement conference were unsuccessful, the matter would proceed
to trial as noticed for September 13, 2021. [See 3/17/2021 Docket Entry].
Should the parties not agree to a judicial settlement conference in this matter,

the matter will proceed to trial as noticed.
ORDER
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the parties shall notify the Court
within fourteen (14) days of this Order whether they consent to a judicial
settlement conference in this matter.
IT IS SO ORDERED.

Signed: April 12, 2021

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