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

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

EUREKA DIVISION

KENNETH WAYNE GRAY, No. 3:13-cv-01229 WHA (NJV)

Plaintiff, NOTICE AND ORDER SETTING

SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE IN 

v. PRO SE PRISONER EARLY 

SETTLEMENT PROGRAM

T. SMITH, et al., 

Defendants.

___________________________________/

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 August 12, 2015. The settlement conference will be conducted via video conferencing, with

Plaintiff appearing from Salinas Valley State Prison, Defendants appearing from courtroom D on the

15th floor of the United States Courthouse in San Francisco, and the Court appearing from Eureka. 

Lead trial counsel shall appear at the settlement conference on August 12, 2015, with the

parties and persons 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.

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Confidential settlement conference statements shall be mailed or emailed

(NJVpo@cand.uscourts.gov) to and received by chambers no later than August 7, 2015. 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. 

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: July 27, 2015 ________________________________

NANDOR J. VADAS

United States Magistrate Judge

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

EUREKA DIVISION

KENNETH WAYNE GRAY, No. 3:13-CV-01229 WHA (NJV) 

Plaintiff,

v. CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

T. SMITH, et al.,

Defendants.

___________________________________/

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that on July 27, 2015, I SERVED a true and correct copy of

the attached, by placing said copy in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) listed

below, by depositing said envelope in the U.S. Mail.

Kenneth Wayne Gray 

F-37014 

Salinas Valley State Prison 

PO Box 1050 

Soledad, CA 93960

Litigation Coordinator

Salinas Valley State Prison

P.O. Box 1020

Soledad, CA 93960

 ____________________________________

 Linn Van Meter

 Administrative Law Clerk to

 the Honorable Nandor J. Vadas

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