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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 

ROBERT BENYAMINI, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

M. BLACKBURN, et al., 

Defendants.

No. 2:13-cv-0205 MCE AC P 

ORDER SETTING SETTLEMENT 

CONFERENCE 

This case is set for settlement conference on March 31, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. ECF No. 83. 

The parties were previously notified that, in preparation for the settlement conference, they would 

be contacted by representatives from the court approximately one week prior to the settlement 

conference to determine each party’s expectations of the settlement conference. Id. at 2. 

Plaintiff is hereby notified that representatives of the court will be contacting him by 

telephone at (925) 357-1037 on March 10, 2016, at 12:00 p.m. in preparation for the March 31, 

2016 settlement conference. If plaintiff can no longer be reached at the phone number the court 

has on file or if he needs to reschedule the call, he must contact the court, as outlined below, at 

least twenty-four hours prior to the scheduled call. The purpose of the call is to collect the 

information typically provided in the parties’ confidential settlement conference statements and 

the call should last no more than one hour. Counsel for defendants will be contacted at a later 

date to collect the same information. 

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

1. Plaintiff is notified that he will be contacted by representatives of the court by 

telephone on March 10, 2016, at 12:00 p.m. The call should last no more than one hour. 

2. During the call, plaintiff should be prepared to provide the following information 

typically provided in a party’s confidential settlement statement: 

a. A summary of the facts of the case. 

b. A statement of the claims and defenses; 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. Plaintiff’s position on settlement, including present demands and offers and a 

history of any past settlement discussions, offers, and demands. 

g. Plaintiff’s expectations and goals for the settlement conference. 

3. The telephone number the court currently has for plaintiff is (925) 357-1037. 

4. If plaintiff needs to reschedule the call or the telephone number the court has on 

file is no longer valid, he must notify Sujean Park in the Alternative Dispute Resolution Division 

at (916) 930-4278, or via email at spark@caed.uscourts.gov, at least twenty-four hours prior to 

the scheduled call. 

DATED: February 25, 2016 

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