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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 

MICHAEL LENIOR SMITH, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF 

CORRECTIONS AND 

REHABILITATION, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:18-cv-2942 KJM AC P 

ORDER 

 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 

§ 1983, has filed a motion to opt out of the settlement conference set by the court. ECF No. 78. 

This case was originally scheduled for a settlement conference before the undersigned on 

September 28, 2023. ECF No. 74. On the court’s own motion, the settlement conference was 

rescheduled to January 30, 2024. ECF No. 77. Plaintiff then filed a motion to opt out of the 

settlement conference due to the rescheduling of the settlement conference and because he did not 

believe the undersigned could be impartial in conducting the settlement conference. ECF No. 78. 

Since plaintiff’s primary concerns appear to be how far out the settlement conference was 

rescheduled and the undersigned conducting the settlement conference, the motion is construed as 

a motion to expedite the settlement conference and for another magistrate judge to conduct the 

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settlement conference.1 That motion will be granted. 

 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

1. Plaintiff’s motion to opt out of the settlement conference (ECF No. 78) is construed as 

a motion to expedite the settlement conference and for another magistrate judge to conduct the 

settlement conference; and

2. The motion (ECF No. 78) is GRANTED and the settlement conference is re-set for 

November 28, 2023 at 9:30 a.m. before Magistrate Judge Carolyn K. Delaney (ECF No. 79). 

DATED: October 12, 2023 

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 Because the undersigned is the assigned magistrate judge, any party is permitted to request that 

a different magistrate judge conduct the settlement conference. L.R. 270(b). 

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