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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

MARCUS R. WILLIAMS,

Plaintiff,

v.

KELLY HARRINGTON, et al.,

Defendants.

CASE No. 1:12-cv-00226-LJO-EPG (PC)

ORDER CANCELLING CONTINUED 

SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE

The undersigned convened a Settlement Conference in this case on February 17, 

2017. Neither satisfied with the settlement posture of one of the parties nor confident the 

discussions would be productive, the Court ordered the parties to continue negotiating

on their own. It continued the Settlement Conference to 1:30 PM, March 24, 2017, and it 

ordered Defendant to report to the undersigned by March 10, 2017, on the progress of 

the continued negotiations. 

The Court has received and reviewed Defendant’s March 10, report, which details 

the parties’ back and forth negotiations and identifies a single remaining stumbling block. 

Based thereon, it appears both parties have lost sight of the ultimate benefit of 

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compromising – avoidance of the time, trouble, trauma, expense, and uncertainty of 

continued litigation and trial. Worse, both parties seem to have drawn very arbitrary and 

largely symbolic lines in the sand. The court will not spend more of its time trying to 

reconcile such petty differences. The continued settlement conference is cancelled. The 

parties may proceed with their litigation subject to applicable Orders of the presiding 

District Judge and Magistrate Judge.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 16, 2017 /s/Michael J. Seng 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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