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Parties Involved:
N. Akabike
Defendant
John Jackson
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOHN JACKSON,

Plaintiff,

v.

N. AKABIKE, et al., 

Defendants.

Case No. 1:19-cv-01442-NONE-EPG (PC)

ORDER REFERRING CASE TO

SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE BEFORE 

A MAGISTRATE JUDGE

ORDER DIRECTING CLERK TO SERVE 

SUPERVISING DEPUTY ATTORNEY 

GENERAL CHRISTOPHER BECKER 

WITH A COPY OF: (1) PLAINTIFF’S 

COMPLAINT (ECF No. 1); (2) THE 

SCREENING ORDER (ECF No. 10); AND 

(3) THIS ORDER

Plaintiff, John Jackson, is a prisoner/civil detainee proceeding pro se and in forma 

pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The Court has screened 

Plaintiff’s complaint and found it states at least one cognizable claim. The United States 

Marshals Service has accomplished service of process on at least one defendant.

The Court now directs the parties to participate in a settlement conference before a 

Magistrate Judge to see if the case can reach a settlement before going further in litigation.

Plaintiff will be transported to the settlement conference and defense counsel will appear in 

person. Neither side is waiving any claims, defenses, or objections by participating in this 

settlement conference.

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Defense counsel is directed to consider Plaintiff’s claim(s) and speak with Plaintiff 

following this order. If, after investigating Plaintiff’s claim(s) and speaking with Plaintiff, and 

conferring with defense counsel’s supervisor, defense counsel in good faith finds that a 

settlement conference would not be productive at this time, defense counsel may opt out of this 

settlement conference by filing a notice with the Court, in which case the matter will proceed to 

litigation without an early settlement conference.

If defense counsel does not opt out of the settlement conference, the Court will issue 

separate orders setting the settlement conference and detailing the pre-settlement conference 

procedures in due course.

Two weeks after the issuance of the order setting the settlement conference, in order to 

better inform all parties and have a meaningful conference, the Court is requiring that both 

parties disclose certain documents to each other about the case, as listed below. These 

documents are relevant to the case and will most likely be disclosed in discovery shortly if this 

case goes to litigation.1

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Within thirty days from the date of service of this order, the assigned Deputy 

Attorney General shall either: (1) file a notice that Defendant(s) opt out of the 

settlement conference; or (2) contact ADR Coordinator Sujean Park 

(spark@caed.uscourts.gov) to schedule the settlement conference.

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If the 

assigned Deputy Attorney General does not opt out of the settlement conference, 

the Court will issue an order setting a settlement conference. That order will 

include the date of the conference and the Magistrate Judge who will oversee the 

conference, and may also include procedures required by that Judge.

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If any party has a legal objection to providing a particular document, that party shall file and serve a 

notice describing its objection.

2 The Court may issue a separate order setting a scheduling conference and ordering initial disclosures, or 

may already have done so. If difficulties arise in scheduling the settlement conference prior to the initial 

scheduling conference, the parties may file a request for the Court to continue the initial scheduling conference.

3 The undersigned will not be the Magistrate Judge overseeing the settlement conference.

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2. If a settlement conference is set, no later than two weeks after the date of service 

of the order setting the settlement conference, each party shall send the other 

parties, or their attorneys (if represented), the documents listed below. The 

parties only need to provide documents related to the claim(s) that the Court 

allowed to proceed past the screening stage. Additionally, Defense counsel does 

not need to include any documents that defense counsel believes are confidential 

or subject to the official information privilege at this time. Plaintiff does not 

need to request any documents from the institution at this time. Plaintiff only 

needs to provide these documents if Plaintiff already has them in his or her 

possession. Defense counsel shall send copies of the following documents to 

Plaintiff and Plaintiff shall send copies to counsel for Defendant(s):

a. Documents regarding exhaustion of Plaintiff’s claims, including 602s, 

Form 22s, and responses from the appeals office;

b. All non-confidential documents regarding Rules Violation Reports, if 

any exist, associated with the incident(s) alleged in the complaint, 

including disciplinary charges and findings;

c. All of Plaintiff’s medical records related to the incident and/or condition 

at issue in the case, if any exist;

d. Chronos for transfer or Administrative Segregation placement related to 

the incident(s) alleged in the complaint, if any exist; and

e. Non-confidential incident reports regarding the use of force incident(s) 

alleged in the complaint, if any exist; 

Additionally, the parties may send any other documents related to the case that 

the parties believe will assist in the settlement conference.

3. The parties remain obligated to keep the Court informed of their current address.

Any change of address must be reported promptly to the Court in a separate 

document captioned for this case and entitled “Notice of Change of Address.”

See L.R. 182(f).

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4. The Clerk of Court shall serve Supervising Deputy Attorney General 

Christopher Becker with a copy of: (1) Plaintiff’s complaint (ECF No. 1); (2) the 

screening order (ECF No. 10); and (3) this order.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 16, 2020 /s/

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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