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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 

ANDREW R. LOPEZ, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

S. COOK, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:03-cv-1605 KJM DAD P 

ORDER 

 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding through counsel with this civil rights action seeking 

relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This matter is set for trial on October 13, 2015. On September 1, 

2015, a proposed settlement was filed in Ashker v. Brown, Case No. 4:09-cv-5796-CW 

(N.D.Cal.). Ashker is a class action lawsuit pending in the United States District Court for the 

Northern District of California. Under the terms of the proposed settlement, the California 

Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has agreed to, within one year of preliminary 

approval of said proposed settlement 

review the cases of all currently validated prisoners serving 

indeterminate SHU terms under the old validation regulations. . . . 

If an inmate has not been found guilty of a SHU-eligible rule 

violation within a proven Security Threat Group (STG) nexus 

within the last 24 months, he shall be released from the SHU and 

transferred to a General Population facility consistent with his case 

factors. Those who have been incarcerated in a SHU for more than 

ten years will generally be released from the SHU, even if they 

have committed a recent SHU-eligible offense and allowed to serve 

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the remainder of the SHU term and their Step Down Program time 

in the new Restrictive Custody General Population Unit. 

Ashker v. Brown, ECF No. 424 at 6. It appears to the court that preliminary approval of the 

proposed settlement in Ashker, if granted by the court, may impact the claims in this action. For 

that reason, the court is inclined to refer the matter for further settlement conference. 

 Good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the parties are granted seven days 

from the date of this order in which to file a short statement of their views on whether a further 

settlement conference in this matter is appropriate in view of the proposed settlement in Ashker or 

for any other reason. 

DATED: September 4, 2015. 

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