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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BINH TRAN,

Plaintiff,

v.

E. SMITH,

Defendant.

Case No. 1:14-cv-01320-DAD-EPG (PC)

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION 

FOR COURT ORDERED ALTERNATIVE 

DISPUTE RESOLUTION

(ECF NO. 36)

Binh Tran (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this 

civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1983, which includes a state law claim for common 

law negligence. On December 2, 2016, Plaintiff filed a motion for court ordered alternative 

dispute resolution (“the Motion”). (ECF No. 36).

Plaintiff asks the Court to order alternative dispute resolution. If that fails, Plaintiff asks 

the Court to set a trial date.

The Court will deny the Motion without prejudice. Plaintiff failed to specify the type of

alternative dispute resolution that he is seeking. Additionally, if Defendant’s motion to dismiss is 

not granted in full, the Court will set an Initial Scheduling Conference. At that conference the 

Court will discuss with the parties the usefulness of a settlement conference in this case. The 

Court will also set a trial date.

Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that the Motion is denied without prejudice.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 28, 2016 /s/

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

Case 1:14-cv-01320-DAD-EPG Document 39 Filed 12/28/16 Page 1 of 1