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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 

KYLE AVERY, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

MARC ELIA, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:11-cv-03341 JAM CKD (PC) 

ORDER 

Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this action seeking 

relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On December 19, 2013, the presiding Magistrate Judge set 

this case for a settlement conference before the undersigned on February 27, 2014. ECF No. 53. 

Presently before this court is plaintiff’s January 6, 2014 “motion to vacate order for 

physical appearance to settlement conference.” ECF No. 55. In his motion, plaintiff requests that 

this court permit him to appear for the settlement conference by video conference. Plaintiff avers 

that he will be subjected to a “very long drawn out transport” if he were ordered to appear in 

person for the settlement conference. Id. Having carefully considered plaintiff’s arguments, and 

for the reasons set forth below, plaintiff’s motion will be denied. 

First, this court does not have the equipment necessary for plaintiff to appear by video 

conference. Moreover, physical appearance, rather than a telephonic appearance, is an essential 

and necessary prerequisite to a meaningful settlement discussion between the parties. Given the 

importance of the parties’ physical appearance at the settlement conference, plaintiff’s motion 

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will be denied. 

 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff’s January 6, 2014 motion to vacate 

order for physical appearance to settlement conference (ECF No. 55) is denied. 

Dated: January 14, 2014 

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