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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 

MICHAEL LENIOR SMITH, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF 

CORRECTIONS AND 

REHABILITATION, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:18-cv-2942 KJM AC P 

ORDER 

 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with a civil rights 

action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff moved for partial summary judgment (ECF No. 

48) and the motion was denied (ECF No. 70). No other motions for summary judgment were 

filed and the time for doing so has passed. This case is therefore ready to proceed to trial. 

However, the court has determined that this case would benefit from a settlement conference 

before pretrial and trial dates are set. Therefore, this case will be scheduled for a settlement 

conference. Under Local Rule 270(b), because the undersigned is not the trial judge, the 

undersigned may conduct the settlement conference, “except that, at the time the settlement 

conference is scheduled or as otherwise ordered by the Court, any party may request that the 

conference not be conducted by the assigned Magistrate Judge.” 

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that within fourteen days of the service of this 

order, any party may request that the settlement conference be conducted by a magistrate judge 

other than the undersigned. If no party requests a different magistrate judge, a settlement 

conference will be scheduled before the undersigned. 

DATED: December 21, 2022 

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