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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 

MATTHEW M. DENNIS, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

SCOTT KERNAN, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:16-cv-0542 DAD AC P 

ORDER 

 By order filed July 31, 2023, the parties’ motions for summary judgment were denied 

(ECF No. 246) and this case is now ready to proceed to trial. However, the court has determined 

that this case would benefit from 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.” The parties will therefore be given an opportunity to request that another magistrate 

judge conduct the settlement conference. 

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 

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

conference will be scheduled before the undersigned. 

DATED: August 10, 2023 

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