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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

ADAM SHARPE,

Plaintiff,

v.

STU SHERMAN, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:19-cv-00711-DAD-EPG

ORDER REGARDING EARLY SETTLEMENT 

CONFERENCE

(ECF NO. 2)

Plaintiff Adam Sharpe (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma 

pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The Court has screened 

Plaintiff’s complaint and found it states at least one cognizable claim. Service of process has 

been accomplished, and Defendants have answered. 

The Court now directs the parties to participate in a settlement conference before a 

Magistrate Judge to see if the case can reach a settlement before going further in litigation. 

Plaintiff will be transported to the settlement conference and defense counsel will appear in 

person. Neither side is waiving any claims, defenses, or objections by participating in this 

settlement conference. 

Defense counsel is directed to consider Plaintiff’s claim(s) and speak with Plaintiff 

following this order. If, after investigating Plaintiff’s claim(s) and speaking with Plaintiff, and 

conferring with defense counsel’s supervisor, defense counsel in good faith finds that a settlement 

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conference would not be productive at this time, defense counsel may opt out of this settlement 

conference by filing a notice with the Court, in which case the matter will proceed to litigation 

without an early settlement conference.

If defense counsel does not opt out of the settlement conference, the Court will issue 

separate order(s) setting the settlement conference and detailing the pre-settlement conference 

procedures in due course.

Two weeks after the issuance of the order setting the settlement conference, in order to 

better inform all parties and have a meaningful conference, the Court is requiring that both parties 

disclose certain documents to each other about the case, as listed below. These documents are 

relevant to the case and will most likely be disclosed in discovery shortly if this case goes to 

litigation.1 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Within thirty days from the date of service of this order, the assigned Deputy 

Attorney General shall either: (1) file a notice that Defendant(s) opt out of the 

settlement conference; or (2) contact ADR Coordinator Sujean Park 

(spark@caed.uscourts.gov) to schedule the settlement conference.2 If the assigned 

Deputy Attorney General does not opt out of the settlement conference, the Court 

will issue an order setting a settlement conference. That order will include the date 

of the conference and the Magistrate Judge who will oversee the conference, and 

may also include procedures required by that Judge.3

2. If a settlement conference is set, no later than two weeks after the date of service 

of the order setting the settlement conference, each party shall send the other 

parties, or their attorneys (if represented), the documents listed below. The parties 

only need to provide documents related to the claim(s) that the Court allowed to 

proceed past the screening stage. Additionally, Defense counsel does not need to 

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If any party has a legal objection to providing a particular document, that party shall file and serve a notice 

describing its objection.

2 The Court may issue a separate order setting a scheduling conference and ordering initial disclosures, or 

may already have done so. If difficulties arise in scheduling the settlement conference prior to the initial scheduling 

conference, the parties may file a request for the Court to continue the initial scheduling conference.

3 The undersigned will not be the Magistrate Judge overseeing the settlement conference.

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include any documents that defense counsel believes are confidential or subject to 

the official information privilege at this time. Plaintiff does not need to request 

any documents from the institution at this time. Plaintiff only needs to provide 

these documents if Plaintiff already has them in his or her possession. Defense 

counsel shall send copies of the following documents to Plaintiff and Plaintiff shall 

send copies to counsel for Defendant(s):

a. Documents regarding exhaustion of Plaintiff’s claims, including 602s, 

Form 22s, and responses from the appeals office;

b. All non-confidential documents regarding Rules Violation Reports, if any 

exist, associated with the incident(s) alleged in the complaint, including 

disciplinary charges and findings;

c. All of Plaintiff’s medical records related to the incident and/or condition at 

issue in the case, if any exist;

d. Chronos for transfer or Administrative Segregation placement related to the 

incident(s) alleged in the complaint, if any exist; and

e. Non-confidential incident reports regarding the use of force incident(s) 

alleged in the complaint, if any exist; 

Additionally, the parties may send any other documents related to the case that the 

parties believe will assist in the settlement conference.

3. The parties remain obligated to keep the Court informed of their current address. 

Any change of address must be reported promptly to the Court in a separate 

document captioned for this case and entitled “Notice of Change of Address.” See

L.R. 182(f).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 12, 2020 /s/

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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