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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

EUREKA DIVISION

ANTONIO CORTEZ BUCKLEY,

Plaintiff,

v.

COUNTY OF SAN MATEO, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 14-cv-05448-YGR (NJV)

ORDER RE SETTLEMENT 

CONFERENCE IN PRO SE PRISONER 

EARLY SETTLEMENT PROGRAM, 

SETTING STATUS CONFERENCE AND 

REQUIRING MEET AND CONFER

TO ALL PARTIES AND COUNSEL OF RECORD:

You are hereby notified that a settlement conference is scheduled in this case for 10:00 

a.m. on January 15, 2016. The settlement conference will be conducted via video conferencing, 

with Plaintiff appearing from Maguire Correctional Facility, Defendants appearing from 

Courtroom D of the United States Courthouse in San Francisco, and the Court appearing from 

McKinleyville. 

Defense counsel is ORDERED to meet and confer telephonically with Plaintiff to discuss 

settlement of this case. Defense counsel is also directed to contact authorities at Plaintiff's 

institution as soon as possible and inquire about the institution's ability to handle a video 

conference. Defense counsel shall then convey that information to Judge Vadas' Courtroom 

Deputy.

The matter is HEREBY SET for a telephonic status conference on January 5, 2016, at 1:00 

p.m. The parties shall dial 888-684-8852, and enter access code 1868782. At the status 

conference, the parties shall report on the outcome of their meeting regarding settlement. 

Lead trial counsel shall appear at the settlement conference with the parties and persons 

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having full authority to negotiate and settle the case. A person who needs to call another person 

not present before agreeing to any settlement does not have full authority. To the extent that such 

consultations are necessary, they must be made in advance of the settlement conference. 

Personal attendance of a party representative will rarely be excused by the Court, and then 

only upon separate written application demonstrating substantial hardship served on opposing 

counsel and lodged as early as the basis for the hardship is known.

Confidential settlement conference statements shall be mailed or emailed 

(NJVpo@cand.uscourts.gov) to and received by chambers no later than January 4, 2016. The 

parties shall report on the outcome of their settlement discussions in their settlement conference 

statements.

Any request to continue the settlement conference shall state the reason therefor and 

be submitted in writing as soon as possible, well in advance of the scheduled conference date. 

Requests to vacate the settlement referral must be made to the referring Judge, not Magistrate 

Judge Vadas. Requests to continue the settlement conference past the deadline set by the referring 

Judge must also be made to the referring Judge.

The parties shall notify the undersigned's Chambers immediately at (707) 445-3612 if this 

case settles prior to the date set for the settlement conference. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 24, 2015

______________________________________

NANDOR J. VADAS

United States Magistrate Judge

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