Williams v. White et al

Filing 51

ORDER: A Judicial Settlement Conference is set for 7/15/2021 at 1:00 PM before Magistrate Judge W. Carleton Metcalf. The conference will be conducted by telephone. Call-in information will be provided to the parties by separa te communication. Any request seeking permission to modify the terms of this Order shall be filed no later than 7/06/2021 or be subject to summary denial. Signed by Magistrate Judge W. Carleton Metcalf on 6/24/2021. (Pro se litigant served by US Mail.) (ejb)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
STATESVILLE DIVISION
5:19-cv-00044-MR
EDWARD WILLIAMS, III,
Plaintiff,
v.
ARTHUR SICIAK
Defendant.
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ORDER

This matter is before the undersigned following the Order of the District
Court referring this case for a judicial settlement conference. Doc. 50.
A judicial settlement conference is set for Thursday, July 15, 2021
beginning at 1:00 p.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 Pender Correctional
Institution, Plaintiff’s present place of incarceration. Pender Correctional
Institution shall ensure that the necessary accommodations are made to allow
Plaintiff to participate in the settlement conference. To the extent possible,
Plaintiff shall be allowed to participate in the settlement conference in a
private setting and with access to his/her case materials.

Defendant 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
have such authority. Any such person shall also participate using the same
conference line as Defendant and his counsel.
Any request seeking permission to modify the terms of this Order shall
be filed no later than July 6, 2021 or be subject to summary denial.
The Clerk is respectfully directed to certify a copy of this Order to Ms.
Crystal Williams at Pender Correctional Institution.
It is so ordered.
Signed: June 24, 2021

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