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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

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ANDRE KENNETH STUCKEY,

Plaintiff,

v.

J. JUAREZ, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:18-cv-01557-LJO-SAB (PC)

ORDER REQUIRING DEFENDANTS

CHANELO AND PEACOCK TO FILE A 

RESPONSE TO PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR 

LEAVE TO OPT-OUT OF THE SCHEDULED 

SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE

(ECF No. 30)

SEVEN (7) DAY DEADLINE

Plaintiff Andre Kenneth Stuckey is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma 

pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action is proceeding on 

Plaintiff’s second amended complaint against Defendants Chanelo and Peacock for violation of 

the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. (ECF No. 18.)

This case is currently set for a settlement conference before Magistrate Judge Barbara A. 

McAuliffe on February 20, 2020, at 9:30 a.m. at the United States Courthouse located at 2500 

Tulare Street, Fresno, California. (ECF No. 24.)

Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion for leave to opt-out of the scheduled 

settlement conference, filed on January 30, 2020. (ECF No. 30.) Plaintiff states that it would be 

a waste of the Court’s time and resources to conduct the scheduled February 20, 2020 settlement 

conference because he is not interested in settling this case and Defendants’ counsel has informed 

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Plaintiff that she has been unsuccessful in her attempt to gain approval from the California 

Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to settle this case.

The Court finds it appropriate to require Defendants Chanelo and Peacock to file a 

response to Plaintiff’s motion for leave to opt-out of the scheduled settlement conference. 

Accordingly, it is HEREBY ORDERED that, within seven (7) days from the date of service of 

this order, Defendants shall file a response to Plaintiff’s motion for leave to opt-out of the 

scheduled settlement conference, (ECF No. 30). Plaintiff should not file any reply to Defendants’

response absent further order from this Court.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 3, 2020 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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