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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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CV F 99-6133 REC SMS P 

AMENDED ORDER FOLLOWING

TELEPHONIC TRIAL CONFIRMATION

HEARING HELD SEPTEMBER 8, 2005, 10:00

a.m.

AMENDED ORDER CHANGING TRIAL

DATE FROM OCTOBER 18, 2005, to

OCTOBER 19, 2005, at 9:00 a.m.

AMENDED ORDER SETTING BRIEFING

SCHEDULE AND HEARING DATE FOR

MOTIONS IN LIMINE 

Date: October 11, 2005

Time: 1:30 p.m., Courtroom 1

AMENDED ORDER SETTING SETTLEMENT

CONFERENCE:

Date: September 20, 2005

Time: 2:00 p.m. Courtroom 4

On September 8, 2005, at 10:00 a.m., this Court held a Telephonic Trial Confirmation

Hearing. Mr. Mark Harris appeared on behalf of Defendants Pina, Tostado, Chappell; Mr. Roger

Yang appeared on behalf of Defendants Quinones and Valenzuela, and Deputy Attorney General,

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1At the time this Order was issued, Ms. Spiegel had not yet filed a substitution of counsel with the Court. 

2An Order of reassignment will issue following resolution of the Motions in Limine by Judge Coyle. 

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Barbara Spiegel1 appeared on behalf of Defendants Mattingly, Lopez, Zinani, Brown,

Ballesteros, Barrier, Haskins, and Davis. 

As discussed during the hearing, the trial date originally set for October 18, 2005, at 9:00

a.m. is changed to October 19, 2005, AT 9:00 A.M. 

The Court also set forth the following schedule for the submissions of Motions and

Limine and hearing of any Motions filed by the parties. All Motions in Limine shall be filed by

September 16, 2005, and must be noticed for hearing on the Motion Calendar of the Honorable

Robert E. Coyle on October 11, 2005, AT 1:30 P.M. Oppositions to any Motion in Limine filed

by any party shall be submitted on or before September 23, 2005.

Defendants indicated at this hearing that they would not be requiring the testimony of any

experts and wished the experts listed on their witness list be removed. The Court will issue an

Amended Pretrial Order to this effect. 

Plaintiff’s request for discovery made in his pretrial statement was denied by the Court. 

Defendants also indicated to the Court that they wished the Court to participate in a

Settlement Conference. Per this request, the Court set a Settlement Conference for September

20, 2005, AT 2:00 P.M. before the undersigned. The Court indicated to the parties that their

Settlement Conference Statements would be due to the Court by September 16, 2005. 

Accordingly, based on the above, the Court HEREBY ORDERS: 

1. The TRIAL date of October 18, 2005, at 9:00 a.m. is changed to October 19,

2005, 9:00 a.m. before the Honorable Judge Oliver W. Wanger;

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2. Motions in Limine SHALL be filed by September 16, 2005;

3. All Motions in Limine SHALL be noticed on the motion calendar of District

Court Judge Robert E. Coyle for HEARING on October 11, 2005 at 1:30 p.m.

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3Local Rule 78-230(b) provides: “Except as otherwise provided in these Rules or ordered or allowed by the

Court, all motions shall be noticed on the motion calendar of the assigned Judge or Magistrate Judge. The moving

party shall file with the Clerk a notice of motion, motion, accompanying briefs, affidavits, if appropriate, and copies

of documentary evidence that the moving party intends to submit in support of the motion. . . ” 

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Local Rule 78-230(b);3

4. Oppositions to Motions in Limine SHALL be filed by September 23, 2005;

5. Plaintiff’s Motion for Discovery is DENIED;

6. A Settlement Conference SHALL BE HELD on September 20, 2005, at 2:00

p.m. in Courtroom 4 before the undersigned. 

7. Unless otherwise permitted in advance by the Court, the attorneys who will try the

case SHALL appear at the settlement conference in person with the parties and/or

the person(s) having full authority to negotiate and settle the case, on any terms, at

the conference. 

8. The Deputy Attorney General has agreed to and shall make the appropriate

arrangements and obtain the telephone number needed in order for Plaintiff to

appear telephonically at the settlement conference; 

9. On or before September 16, 2005, the parties SHALL submit directly to the

settlement conference judge’s chambers a confidential Settlement Conference

Statement. This statement should neither be filed with the Clerk of the Court nor

served on any other party. Each statement shall be clearly marked

“CONFIDENTIAL” with the date and time of the mandatory settlement

conference indicated prominently. Counsel are urged to request the return of their

statements. If such request is not made, the Court will dispose of the statement.

10. The Confidential Settlement Conference Statement SHALL include the following: 

A. A brief statement of the facts of the case; 

B. A brief statement of the claims and defenses (i.e., statutory or other

grounds upon which the claims or defenses are based), a forthright

evaluation of the parties' likelihood of prevailing on the claims and

defenses, and a description of the major issues in dispute;

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C. A summary of the proceedings to date;

D. An estimate of the cost and time to be expended for further pretrial and

trial matters;

E. The relief sought; and

F. The party's position on settlement, including realistic settlement

expectations, present demands and offers, and a history of past settlement

discussions, offers, and demands.

11. A party SHALL inform the Court (Courtroom Deputy, Harriet Herman) and the

other parties by September 15, 2005, that it believes the case is not in a

settlement posture so the Court may vacate or reset the settlement conference. 

Otherwise the parties SHALL proceed with the settlement conference in good

faith to attempt to resolve all or part of the case. The Court may vacate the

settlement conference if the Court finds the settlement conference will be neither

productive nor meaningful to attempt to resolve all or part of this case. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 9, 2005 /s/ Sandra M. Snyder 

b6edp0 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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