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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

Plaintiff C. Dwayne Gilmore, also known as Cary D. Gilmore, is appearing pro se and in forma 

pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 

The Court has determined that this case will benefit from a settlement conference. Therefore, 

this case will be referred to United States Magistrate Judge Kendall J. Newman at the United States 

District Court for the Eastern District of California, Sacramento, California in Courtroom #25 on 

January 23, 2017, at 9:00 a.m. Plaintiff shall appear by videoconference and Defendants’ counsel, 

Michelle Angus, shall appear in person. 

In accordance with the above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. This case is set for a settlement conference before United States Magistrate Judge Kendall 

J. Newman on January 23, 2017, at 9:00 a.m at the United States District Court, 501 I 

Street, Sacramento, California 95814 in Courtroom #25.

2. A representative with full and unlimited authority to negotiate and enter into a binding 

settlement shall attend in person.

3. Those in attendance must be prepared to discuss the claims, defenses and damages. The 

C. DWAYNE GILMORE,

 Plaintiff,

v.

C. LOCKARD, et al.,

Defendants.

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Case No.: 1:12-cv-00925-SAB (PC)

ORDER SETTING SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE 

ON JANUARY 23, 2017, AT 9:00 A.M. BEFORE 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

KENDALL J. NEWMAN

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failure of any counsel, party or authorized person subject to this order to appear in person 

may result in the imposition of sanctions. In addition, the conference will not proceed and 

will be reset to another date.

4. Defendants shall provide a confidential settlement statement to the following email 

address: kjnorders@caed.uscourts.gov, by 12:00 p.m. on January 20, 2017. Defendants 

shall also file a Notice of Submission of Confidential Settlement Conference Statement

(See Local Rule 270(d)). The settlement statement should not be filed with the Clerk of 

the court nor served on any other party. The settlement statement shall be clearly 

marked Aconfidential@ with the date and time of the settlement conference indicated 

prominently thereon.

5. The confidential settlement statement shall be no longer than five pages in length, typed 

or neatly printed, and include the following:

a. A brief statement of the facts of the case.

b. A brief statement of the claims and defenses, i.e., statutory or other grounds upon 

which the claims are founded; a forthright evaluation of the parties= likelihood of 

prevailing on the claims and defenses; and a description of the major issues in 

dispute.

c. An estimate of the cost and time to be expended for further discovery, pretrial, and 

trial.

d. The party=s position on settlement, including present demands and offers and a 

history of past settlement discussions, offers, and demands.

e. A brief statement of each party=s expectations and goals for the settlement 

conference, including how much a party is willing to accept and/or willing to 

accept.

f. The parties are instructed to have a principle with full settlement authority present 

for the settlement conference or to be fully authorized to settle the matter on any 

terms. The individual with full settlement authority to settle must also have 

unfettered discretion and authority to change the settlement position of the party, if 

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appropriate. The purpose behind requiring attendance of a person with full 

settlement authority is that the parties view of the case may be altered during the 

face to face conference. An authorization to settle for a limited dollar amount or 

sum certain can be found not to comply with the requirement of full authority to 

settle. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 17, 2017 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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