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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 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SHERMAN D. MANNING, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF 

CORRECTIONS AND 

REHABILITATION, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:12-cv-2440 MCE AC P 

ORDER 

 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action pursuant to 

42 U.S.C. § 1983. On July 28, 2015, this court ordered defendants to advise whether they 

believed a settlement conference would be beneficial in light of plaintiff’s requests for a 

settlement conference. ECF No. 284. Defendants have advised that they feel a settlement 

conference would be beneficial at this time. ECF No. 288. Another magistrate judge has been 

randomly assigned for purposes of conducting a settlement conference. The settlement 

conference will be set to occur at the U. S. District Court, 501 I Street, Sacramento, California 

95814 in Courtroom #24 before Magistrate Judge Carolyn K. Delaney on October 19, 2015, at 

9:30 a.m. A separate order and writ of habeas corpus ad testificandum will issue concurrently to 

provide for plaintiff’s attendance at the settlement conference. 

 Additionally, it appears from the Inmate Locator website operated by the California 

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Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) that plaintiff is currently incarcerated at 

R.J. Donovan Correctional Facility.1 The Clerk of the Court will therefore be directed to update 

plaintiff’s address on the docket to reflect that he is currently incarcerated at R.J. Donovan 

Correctional Facility. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

1. A settlement conference has been set for October 19, 2015 at 9:30 a.m. in Courtroom 

#24 before Magistrate Judge Carolyn K. Delaney at the U. S. District Court, 501 I Street, 

Sacramento, California 95814. 

2. Parties are instructed to have a principal with full settlement authority present at the 

Settlement Conference or to be fully authorized to settle the matter on any terms. The individual 

with full authority to settle must also have “unfettered discretion and authority” to change the 

settlement position of the party, if appropriate. The purpose behind requiring the attendance of a 

person with full settlement authority is that the parties’ view of the case may be altered during the 

face to face conference. An authorization to settle for a limited dollar amount or sum certain can 

be found not to comply with the requirement of full authority to settle. 

3. Parties are directed to submit confidential settlement statements no later than October 

12, 2015, to ckdorders@caed.uscourts.gov. If plaintiff does not have access to e-mail, he shall 

mail his confidential settlement statement to Sujean Park, ADR Division, 501 I Street, Suite 4-

200, Sacramento, California 95814 so it arrives no later than October 12, 2015. If a party desires 

to share additional confidential information with the Court, they may do so pursuant to the 

provisions of Local Rule 270(d) and (e). Parties are also directed to file a “Notice of Submission 

of Confidential Settlement Statement” (See L.R. 270(d)). 

Settlement statements should not be filed with the Clerk of the Court nor served on any 

other party. Settlement statements shall be clearly marked “confidential” with the date and time 

of the settlement conference indicated prominently thereon. 

 

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 See Fed. R. Evid. 201 (court may take judicial notice of facts that are capable of accurate 

determination by sources whose accuracy cannot reasonably be questioned); see also City of 

Sausalito v. O’Neill, 386 F.3d 1186, 1224 n.2 (9th Cir. 2004) (“We may take judicial notice of a 

record of a state agency not subject to reasonable dispute.”). 

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The confidential settlement statement shall be no longer than five pages in length, typed or 

neatly printed, and include the following: 

a. A brief statement of the facts of the case. 

b. A brief statement of the claims and defenses, i.e., statutory or other grounds upon 

which the claims are founded; a forthright evaluation of the parties’ likelihood of prevailing on 

the claims and defenses; and a description of the major issues in dispute. 

c. A summary of the proceedings to date. 

d. An estimate of the cost and time to be expended for further discovery, pretrial, and 

trial. 

e. The relief sought. 

f. The party’s position on settlement, including present demands and offers and a 

history of past settlement discussions, offers, and demands. 

g. A brief statement of each party’s expectations and goals for the settlement 

conference. 

 4. The Clerk of the Court is directed to update plaintiff’s address of record to reflect 

that he is currently housed at R.J. Donovan Correctional Facility, 480 Alta Rd., San Diego, CA 

92179. 

DATED: August 13, 2015 

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