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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

TERRANCE COVINGTON,

Plaintiff,

v.

J.W. FAIRMAN et. al.,

Defendants.

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CASE NO. CV-F-99-6133 REC SMS P

SECOND ORDER REQUIRING

DEFENDANTS TO FILE STATUS REPORT

AND/OR STIPULATION REGARDING

SETTLEMENT

On September 20, 2005, the parties appeared for a settlement conference before the

undersigned, and settlement was reached. Defendants indicated that Plaintiff would be required

to sign certain documents before he would receive his monetary settlement, less restitution before

the settlement would conclude. 

On October 25, 2005, the Court issued an Order requiring Defendants to provide a status

report as no documentation regarding the settlement had yet been submitted to the Court. 

On October 25, 2005, Defendants informed the Court that a Release of All Claims had been sent

to Plaintiff and returned to Defendants on a week prior to the Court’s Order. The release was

then forwarded to the Department of Correction’s Legal Affairs Division. Defendants further

indicated that the they “anticipate[d] that the settlement draft [would] be sent with a Stipulation

for Dismissal, within three weeks, and the Stipulation [would] thereafter be filed.” (Status

Report at 2.) However, on December 16, 2005, the Court received a letter from Plaintiff

indicating that to date, he had not received his monetary settlement pursuant to the agreement. 

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(Letter at 2.) Plaintiff notes that it has been three months since the agreement and the Court

notes that more than three weeks have passed since Defendants provided their status report. 

In light of the above, the Court HEREBY ORDERS: 

1. Defendants SHALL provide either file a Status Report OR a Stipulation and

Proposed Order of Dismissal within TEN (10) DAYS of the date of service of this

Order;

2. In the event no Stipulation and Proposed Order of Dismissal is FILED,

Defendants SHALL thereafter provide the Court with a STATUS REPORT

EVERY FIFTEEN (15) days until this matter is resolved. 

Pursuant to the Local Rules and the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, all pleadings filed

with the Court must be served on the opposing party. Local Rule 5-135(b); Fed.R.Civ.P. 5. 

This includes Status Reports as well as any pleadings filed in connection with the case. Letter to

the Court are improper and their contents should be included in a pleading properly filed. 

The parties are warned that the failure to comply with this Order may be grounds for the

imposition of sanctions on any and all counsel or parties who contributed to the violation of this

order. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 21, 2005 /s/ Sandra M. Snyder 

b6edp0 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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