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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 

MATTHEW DENNIS, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

SCOTT KERNAN, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:16-cv-0542 JAM AC P 

ORDER 

 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, requests that this case be scheduled forthwith 

for a settlement conference under this court’s Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) project for 

prisoner civil rights cases, notwithstanding the pendency of plaintiff’s interlocutory appeal in the 

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. See ECF No. 86; see also ECF No. 80, 82 (USCA Case No. 20-

16392). 

 By order filed July 16, 2020, the undersigned referred this case to the ADR project and 

issued a ninety-day stay for that purpose. ECF No. 78. However, due to the pendency of 

plaintiff’s appeal, this court has deferred setting a date for the settlement conference. Plaintiff’s 

recent filings underscore the appropriateness of staying this case in its entirety until the 

conclusion of plaintiff’s appeal or in the event the parties jointly request that a settlement 

conference before this court be promptly scheduled. 

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 The parties are informed that, despite the current COVID-19 crisis, this court is 

successfully conducting prisoner ADR settlement conferences by telephone and/or video. Such 

conferences are scheduled several weeks in advance. Should plaintiff and defense counsel agree 

that a settlement conference would be beneficial in this case prior to resolution of plaintiff’s 

appeal, they may file a joint request (or separate statements reflecting the same request) that an 

ADR settlement conference be scheduled at the earliest available date. Such request should 

indicate plaintiff’s intent to withdraw his appeal should the parties reach a settlement agreement. 

 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

 1. Plaintiff’s ex parte request to immediately schedule an ADR settlement conference in 

this case, ECF 86, is denied without prejudice; and 

 2. This case is STAYED in its entirety until further order of this court. 

DATED: August 19, 2020 

 

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