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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

MATTHEW JAMES GRIFFIN, 

Plaintiff,

v.

A. JOHNSON, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:13-CV-01599-LJO-BAM (PC)

AMENDED ORDER SETTING 

SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE

Settlement Conference: May 04, 2016 at 

9:00 a.m.

ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF 

COURT TO SERVE VIA EMAIL

Plaintiff Matthew James Griffin (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se 

and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On 

February 12, 2016, the Court previously set a settlement conference in this matter for 

May 4, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. before Magistrate Judge Kendall J. Newman. (ECF No. 60.) 

Defendants were ordered to attend the conference in person. At Defendants’ request, 

Plaintiff was ordered to appear at the conference via video conference from the 

Alexander Correctional Institution (“ACI”) in Taylorsville, North Carolina, where 

Plaintiff is currently housed.

On February 29, 2016, Jodi Harrison, Assistant General Counsel of the North 

Carolina Department of Public Safety, informed the Court via letter that ACI does not 

have the technical capabilities to provide for videoconferencing, but that Plaintiff can be 

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made available on May 4, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. via conference call. (ECF No. 63.) The Court 

has been further informed that Judge Newman is not opposed to conducting the 

settlement conference with Plaintiff attending via telephonic conference call.

In accordance with the above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff will appear at the settlement conference by telephonic conference 

call, from his place of confinement, as directed by separate order; 

2. All other provisions of the Court’s February 12, 2016 order stand, including 

all dates and deadlines set in the order; and 

3. The Clerk of the Court is directed to serve a copy of this order by email to 

DPS_AC_Prisons_Attph@ncdps.gov.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 3, 2016 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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