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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 

MATTHEW DENNIS, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

SCOTT KERNAN, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:16-cv-0542 JAM AC P 

ORDER 

 This case is currently stayed pending resolution of plaintiff’s interlocutory appeal. ECF 

No. 87. On January 28, 2021, the Ninth Circuit affirmed the order denying plaintiff’s motion for 

preliminary injunctive relief, ECF No. 96, and plaintiff subsequently filed a motion for a Rule 16 

pretrial conference, ECF No. 97, which was denied, ECF No. 98. The court then ordered 

defendants to advise whether they were still seeking to opt out of the Post-Screening Alternative 

Dispute Resolution (ADR) Project. Id. In response to that order, defendants have filed a renewed 

request to opt out of the Post-Screening ADR Project and request that the case remain stayed 

because the appeal is not finally resolved because plaintiff filed a petition for rehearing of his 

appeal that has not yet been addressed by the Ninth Circuit. ECF No. 99. 

 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

1. Defendants’ request to opt out of the Post-Screening ADR Project, ECF No. 99, is 

GRANTED.

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2. This case remains stayed pending final resolution of plaintiff’s interlocutory appeal.

DATED: April 21, 2021 

 

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