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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

EUREKA DIVISION

BRANLETT EUGENE KIMMONS,

Plaintiff,

v.

A. AVILAR, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 14-cv-00954-JD (NJV)

ORDER RE SETTLEMENT 

CONFERENCE IN PRO SE PRISONER 

EARLY SETTLEMENT PROGRAM, 

SETTING STATUS CONFERENCE AND 

REQUIRING MEET AND CONFER

TO ALL PARTIES AND COUNSEL OF RECORD:

You are hereby notified that a settlement conference is scheduled in this case for 10:00 

a.m. on December 14, 2016. The settlement conference will be conducted via video, with the 

parties appearing from Courtroom D of the Federal Courthouse at 450 Golden Gate Avenue in San 

Francisco, and the court appearing from McKinleyville.

Defense counsel is ORDERED to meet and confer telephonically with Plaintiff to discuss 

settlement of this case no later than November 23, 2016.

This matter is set for a telephonic status conference on December 6, 2016, at 1:00 p.m. 

The parties shall attend the settlement conference by dialing 888-684-8852 and entering access 

code 1868782.

Lead trial counsel shall appear at the settlement conference with the parties and persons 

having full authority to negotiate and settle the case. A person who needs to call another person 

not present before agreeing to any settlement does not have full authority. To the extent that such 

consultations are necessary, they must be made in advance of the settlement conference. 

Personal attendance of a party representative will rarely be excused by the Court, and then 

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only upon separate written application demonstrating substantial hardship served on opposing 

counsel and lodged as early as the basis for the hardship is known.

Confidential settlement conference statements shall be mailed or emailed 

(NJVpo@cand.uscourts.gov) to and received by chambers no later than December 5, 2016. The 

parties shall report on the outcome of their settlement discussions in their settlement conference 

statements.

Any request to continue the settlement conference shall state the reason therefor and 

be submitted in writing as soon as possible well in advance of the scheduled conference date. 

Requests to vacate the settlement referral must be made to the referring Judge, not Magistrate 

Judge Vadas. 

The parties shall notify the undersigned's Chambers immediately at (707) 445-3612 if this 

case settles prior to the date set for the settlement conference. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 28, 2016

______________________________________

NANDOR J. VADAS

United States Magistrate Judge

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