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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Magistrate Judge Jeremy D. Peterson will hold a settlement conference on April 27, 2020 at 

10:30 a.m. in Courtroom 6 at the U.S. District Court, 2500 Tulare Street, Fresno, California, 93721. 

The court expects that the parties will proceed with the settlement conference in good faith and 

attempt to resolve all or part of the case. If any party believes that the settlement conference will not 

be productive, that party shall so inform the court as far in advance of the settlement conference as 

possible. Unless otherwise permitted in advance by the court, the following individuals must attend

the settlement conference in person: (1) all of the attorney(s) who will try the case; (2) the parties; and 

(3) individuals with full authority to negotiate and settle the case, on any terms. 

No later than one week prior to the settlement conference, each party must submit to Judge 

Peterson’s chambers at jdporders@caed.uscourts.gov a confidential settlement conference statement. 

MARCOS CASEY GUILLEN, III,

 Plaintiff,

v.

M. PALMER, 

Defendant,

CASE NO. 1:19-cv-00958 EPG

ORDER (1) SETTING SETTLEMENT 

CONFERENCE, (2) REQUIRING 

PERSONAL ATTENDANCE BY CERTAIN 

INDIVIDUALS, (3) REQUIRING 

SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE 

STATEMENT MEETING CERTAIN 

PARAMETERS, AND (4) SCHEDULING 

PRE-CONFERENCE TELEPHONIC 

DISCUSSION

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These statements should neither be filed on the docket nor served on any other party. The statements

should be marked “CONFIDENTIAL” and should state the date and time of the conference. The 

statements should not be lengthy but should include 

(1) a brief recitation of the facts;

(2) a discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of the case;

(3) an itemized estimate of the expected costs for further discovery, pretrial, and trial matters, 

in specific dollar terms;

(4) your best estimate of the probability that plaintiff will prevail should this case proceed to 

trial; 

(5) your best estimate of the following should this case proceed to trial and plaintiff prevail (in 

specific dollar terms); 

- Best reasonable case damages award

- Worst reasonable case damages award

- Best realistic estimate of damages award

(6) a history of settlement discussions (including a listing of any current settlement offers from 

any party, in specific dollar terms), a candid statement of your party’s current position on settlement, 

(how interested are you in settlement at this point), and a statement of your expectations for settlement 

discussions; 

(7) a list of the individuals who will be attending the settlement on the party’s behalf, including 

names and, if appropriate, titles.

Magistrate Judge Jeremy D. Peterson will hold a short, pre-settlement conference telephone 

discussion on April 9, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. (dial-in number: 1-888-204-5984; passcode: 4446176). Only 

the lead attorney from each side should participate. 

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 17, 2020 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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