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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

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOEL DAVID KAUFMAN,

Plaintiff,

v.

M. E. SPEARMAN, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 15-cv-02777-JD 

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR 

DEFAULT JUDGMENT; 

STAYING CASE AND REFERRAL 

TO MEDIATION

Re: Dkt. Nos. 16, 20

Plaintiff, a state prisoner, proceeds with a pro se civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 

1983. The parties have filed a joint stipulation stating that a settlement conference would be 

beneficial. Therefore, this case shall be referred to Magistrate Judge Vadas for a settlement 

conference pursuant to the Pro Se Prisoner Mediation Program. The conference will take place 

within one hundred and twenty days of the date this order is filed. Magistrate Judge Vadas will 

coordinate a time and date for a settlement proceedings with all interested parties and/or their 

representatives and, within five days after conclusion of the settlement proceedings, file with the 

Court a report of the proceedings.

CONLCUSION

1. Plaintiff’s motion for default judgment (Docket No. 16) is DENIED because 

defendants timely responded to the complaint.

2. The joint motion for a settlement conference (Docket No. 20) is GRANTED.

3. The case is referred to Magistrate Judge Vadas for settlement proceedings pursuant to 

the Pro Se Prisoner Mediation Program. The Clerk with send a copy of this order to Magistrate 

Judge Vadas in Eureka, California. 

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4. In view of the referral, this case is STAYED pending the settlement proceedings.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 23, 2016

JAMES DONATO

United States District Judge

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOEL DAVID KAUFMAN,

Plaintiff,

v.

M. E. SPEARMAN, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 15-cv-02777-JD 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. 

District Court, Northern District of California.

That on May 23, 2016, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by placing 

said copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by 

depositing said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery 

receptacle located in the Clerk's office.

Joel David Kaufman

AT3133

P.O. Box 705

Soledad, CA 93960 

Dated: May 23, 2016

Susan Y. Soong

Clerk, United States District Court

By:________________________

LISA R. CLARK, Deputy Clerk to the 

Honorable JAMES DONATO

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