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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PERRY WASHINGTON, et al,

Plaintiffs,

v.

FRESNO COUNTY SHERIFF, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:14-cv-00129-SAB

ORDER VACATING FEBRUARY 23, 2017 

SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE

On November 7, 2016, the scheduling order in this action issued setting a settlement 

conference before Magistrate Judge Michael J. Seng for February 23, 2017 at 10:30 a.m. (ECF 

No. 104.) The order provided that the parties were to submit confidential settlement statements 

to the court at least one week prior to the settlement conference. (Id. at 6:22-7:10.) The parties 

did not submit confidential settlement statements in compliance with the November 7, 2016 

order. See L.R. 270(d) (“If a party is submitting a confidential settlement conference statement, the 

party must file a one page document entitled ‘Notice of Submission of Confidential Settlement 

Conference Statement.’ ”)

The court spends considerable time preparing for settlement conferences so as to make it 

meaningful to the parties and results in a greater likelihood of settlement success. Settlement is 

extremely important in this district where the judges have one of the highest caseloads per judge 

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in the United States. The settlement conference statement assists the court in adequately 

preparing for these matters. They are not pro forma. 

Since the parties have failed to comply with the order requiring the confidential 

settlement statements to be submitted to the Court, the February 23, 2016 settlement conference 

shall be vacated. Should the parties desire another settlement conference date, they shall confer 

and contact the courtroom deputy with available dates. However, no settlement conference shall 

be set until the parties submit a meaningful confidential settlement statement to the court. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. The settlement conference set before Judge Michael J. Seng on February 23, 2017 

at 10:30 a.m. in Courtroom 6 is VACATED; and

2. The court will re-set the settlement conference only upon the submission of a 

meaningful settlement conference statement by the parties and at a time 

convenient to all parties and the court.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 21, 2017 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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