LaKemper v. Solomon et al

Filing 120

ORDER re: upcoming judicial settlement conf. set for 8/18/2020 beginning at 11:00 a.m. Conf. will be conducted by telephone. Call-in information will be provided to parties by separate communication. Pltf shall participate in the conf. from Tabor Corr. Inst., Pltf's present place of incarceration. Defts and their counsel may participate in the conf. from any location they deem appropriate, provided that Defts shall participate in the conf. from the same physical loca tion as their counsel, unless permission to the contrary has been given by the Court in advance. Any request seeking such permission shall be filed no later than 8/10/2020. (See Order for further details.) Signed by Magistrate Judge W. Carleton Metcalf on 7/29/20. (Pro se litigant served by US Mail.)(ejb)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
STATESVILLE DIVISION
5:17 CV 73 MR WCM
COBEY LAKEMPER,

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Plaintiff,
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v.
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GEORGE T. SOLOMON, Director of Prisons, )
ERIC T. DYE, Assistant Superintendent –
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Alexander C.I., BENJAMIN A. CARVER,
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Assistant Superintendent - Alexander C.I.,
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ARTHUR A. SICIAK, Unit Manager –
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Alexander C.I., RUSSELL CHESTER,
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THOMAS DULA, CHRISTOPHER RICH,
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Chief SRG Coordinator – Division of Prisons, )
FELIX TAYLOR, Superintendent –
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Pasquotank C.I., COLBERT RESPESS,
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Assistant Superintendent –Pasquotank C.I.,
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JOSEPH HARRELL, Assistant
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Superintendent – Pasquotank C.I.,
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LEVI BROTHERS, SRG Correctional Officer – )
Pasquotank C.I., LARRY SWAIN, SRG
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Correctional Officer – Pasquotank C.I.,
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FNU BLANKENSHIP, Correctional Officer – )
Alexander C.I., KENNETH E. LASSITER,
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Director of Prisons
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Defendants.
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ORDER

This matter is before the undersigned following the Order of the District
Court granting Defendants’ Request for a Judicial Settlement Conference.
Doc. 117.

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A judicial settlement conference has been set for August 18, 2020
beginning at 11:00 a.m. The conference will be conducted by telephone. Call-in
information will be provided to the parties by separate communication.
Plaintiff shall participate in the conference from Tabor Correctional
Institution, Plaintiff’s present place of incarceration. The Associate Warden at
Tabor Correctional Institution, Jamie Bullard, has advised that the necessary
accommodations will be 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 shall participate in
the conference from the same physical location as their counsel, unless
permission to the contrary has been given by the Court in advance. Any request
seeking such permission shall be filed no later than August 10, 2020. 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 from the same location as Defendants, unless permission to the
contrary is given in advance.

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The Clerk is respectfully instructed to certify a copy of this Order to
Associate Warden Bullard at Tabor Correctional Institution, 4600 Swamp Fox
Hwy West, Tabor City, North Carolina 28463.
It is so ordered.
Signed: July 29, 2020

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