Opinion
2:17-cv-1520 TLN AC P
05-23-2023
JAIME BELTRAN, Plaintiff, v. ERIC R. BAKER, et al., Defendants.
ORDER
ALLISON CLAIRE, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding through counsel with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. By findings and recommendations filed March 13, 2023, the undersigned recommended that defendant Guerra's motion for summary judgment be denied. ECF No. 125. The findings and recommendations have now been adopted in full (ECF No. 128) and this case is ready to proceed to trial on the claims against defendant Guerra. However, the court has determined that this case would benefit from a settlement conference before pretrial and trial dates are set. Therefore, this case will be scheduled for a settlement conference. Under Local Rule 270(b), because the undersigned is not the trial judge, the undersigned may conduct the settlement conference, “except that, at the time the settlement conference is scheduled or as otherwise ordered by the Court, any party may request that the conference not be conducted by the assigned Magistrate Judge.” The parties will therefore be given an opportunity to request that another magistrate judge conduct the settlement conference.
Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that within fourteen days of the service of this order, any party may request that the settlement conference be conducted by a magistrate judge other than the undersigned. If no party requests a different magistrate judge, a settlement conference will be scheduled before the undersigned.