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Parties Involved:
Forrest Kendrid
Plaintiff
E. Oguntuase
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FORREST KENDRID,

Plaintiff,

v.

E. OGUNTUASE,

Defendant.

No. 2:21-cv01558-WBS-JDP (PC)

ORDER REFERRING CASE TO ADR AND 

STAYING CASE FOR 120 DAYS

Plaintiff is a state prisoner, proceeding without counsel. Defendant has answered the 

complaint. 

The undersigned is referring all post-screening civil rights cases filed by pro se state 

inmates to ADR (Alternative Dispute Resolution) in an effort to resolve such cases more 

expeditiously and less expensively. Defense counsel from the Office of the California Attorney 

General has agreed to participate. No defenses or objections shall be waived by their 

participation. 

As set forth in the screening order, plaintiff has stated a potentially cognizable civil rights 

claim. Thus, the court stays this action for a period of 120 days to allow the parties to investigate 

plaintiff’s claims, meet and confer, and then participate in a settlement conference.

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There is a presumption that all post-screening prisoner civil rights cases assigned to the 

undersigned will proceed to settlement conference.1 However, if after investigating plaintiff’s 

claims and speaking with plaintiff, and after conferring with defense counsel’s supervisor, 

defense counsel in good faith finds that a settlement conference would be a waste of resources, 

defense counsel may move to opt out of this pilot project. A motion to opt out must be filed 

within sixty days of the date of this order.

Once the settlement conference is scheduled, at least seven days prior to the conference, 

the parties shall submit to the settlement judge a confidential settlement conference statement. 

The parties’ confidential settlement conference statements shall include the following: (a) names 

and locations of the parties; (b) a short statement of the facts and alleged damages; (c) a short 

procedural history; (d) an analysis of the risk of liability, including a discussion of the efforts 

made to investigate the allegations; and (e) a discussion of the efforts that have been made to 

settle the case. Defendant shall e-mail the settlement conference statement to the settlement 

judge’s e-mail box for proposed orders, available on the court’s website. Plaintiff shall place his 

settlement conference statement in the U.S. mail addressed to the settlement conference judge, 

United States District Court, 501 I Street, Sacramento, CA 95814. Plaintiff shall mail his 

settlement conference statement so that it is received by the court at least seven days before the 

settlement conference. 

In accordance with the above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. This action is stayed for 120 days to allow the parties an opportunity to settle their 

dispute before the discovery process begins. Except as provided herein or by subsequent court 

order, no other pleadings or other documents may be filed in this case during the stay of this 

action. The parties shall not engage in formal discovery, but the parties may elect to engage in 

informal discovery. 

2. Within sixty days from the date of this order, defendants shall file any motion to opt 

out of the Post-screening ADR Project. 

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 If the case does not settle, the court will issue a discovery and scheduling order.

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3. At least seven days prior to the settlement conference, each party shall submit a 

confidential settlement conference statement, as described above, to the settlement judge. 

Defendant shall e-mail the settlement conference statement to the settlement judge’s proposed 

orders e-mail address. Plaintiff shall place his settlement conference statement in the U.S. mail 

addressed to the settlement judge, United States District Court, 501 I Street, Sacramento, CA 

95814. Plaintiff shall mail his settlement conference statement so that it is received by the court 

at least seven days before the settlement conference. 

4. If a settlement is reached at any point during the stay of this action, the parties shall file 

a Notice of Settlement in accordance with Local Rule 160. 

5. The parties remain obligated to keep the court informed of their current addresses at all 

times during the stay and while the action is pending. 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). 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 8, 2023 

JEREMY D. PETERSON

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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