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Parties Involved:
M. Castro
Defendant
Michael Gonzales
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MICHAEL GONZALES,

Plaintiff,

v.

M. CASTRO, 

Defendant.

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CASE NO. 1:09-cv-1545-AWI-MJS (PC)

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR

SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE

(ECF No. 2)

Plaintiff Michael (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights

action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Before the Court is Plaintiff’s Request for Settlement

Conference with Attorney General [ECF No. 2]. Plaintiff alleges that a settlement

conference would save “research time, paperwork, and other litigation in this matter.”

Plaintiff asks the Court to arrange a settlement conference between him and the Attorney

General.

The Court notes that the above-captioned action is at a very early stage in the

litigation process. Plaintiff has not been granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis and

has yet to pay his filing fee. The Court has not yet screened Plaintiff’s Complaint pursuant

to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). Thus, the Complaint has not been served and no Defendant has

appeared. A settlement conference would not be appropriate at this stage in the litigation.

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Accordingly, Plaintiff’s Request for Settlement Conference with Attorney General

[ECF No. 2] is DENIED without prejudice to Plaintiff re-raising the request at a later stage

in this litigation.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 23, 2010 /s/Michael J. Seng 

ci4d6 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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