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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

Plaintiff Tyrone Thompson is appearing pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action 

pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 

Now pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s request for the Court to refer this case to the pro se 

prisoner settlement conference program. Plaintiff’s request must be denied as premature. 

The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure authorize settlement discussions at any pretrial 

conference. Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(c)(I). While federal courts have the authority to require the parties to 

engage in settlement conferences, they have no authority to coerce settlements. Goss Graphic 

Systems, Inc. v. DEV Industries, Inc., 267 F.3d 624, 627 (7th Cir. 2001). 

This action is proceeding on Plaintiff’s claim for deliberate indifference to a serious medical 

need against Defendants Vidurria and Martinez. On June 2, 2015, Defendant Martinez filed a motion 

to dismiss and Defendant Vidurria filed an answer to the complaint. (ECF Nos. 14, 15.) On 

September 1, 2015, the undersigned issued Findings and Recommendations to deny Defendant 

TYRONE THOMPSON,

 Plaintiff,

v.

VIDURRIA, et al.,

Defendants.

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Case No.: 1:14-cv-01896-SAB (PC)

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR 

MANDATORY SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE AS 

PREMATURE

[ECF No. 34]

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Martinez’s motion to dismiss, and Defendant filed objections on October 1, 2015. (ECF Nos. 31, 33.) 

The Findings and Recommendations are presently pending before the Court. Thus, a settlement 

conference at this time is premature. Plaintiff is advised that if this case survives summary judgment, 

the Court may at that time order the parties to participate in a settlement conference as a matter of 

course. At this time, however, such an order would be premature, and Plaintiff’s motion is DENIED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 15, 2015 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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