Opinion
3:21-CV-0239-MMD-CLB
01-20-2022
LAUSTEVEION JOHNSON, Plaintiff, v. MICAELA GAROFAOLO, et al., Defendants.
ORDER EXCLUDING CASE FROM EARLY MEDIATION PROGRAM
Plaintiff, Lausteveion Johnson - Inmate #82138, is a frequent litigator in this Court. Johnson currently has 14 open cases pending before this Court. Since 2010, Johnson has filed over 40 civil rights actions. Johnson has attended multiple inmate mediations in civil rights cases which have proved both unproductive and unsuccessful. (See 3:13-cv-00689-VPC; 3:14-cv-00122-MMD-WGC; 3:14-cv-00303-MMD-VPC; 2:16-cv-00366-RFB-NJK; 2:16-cv-01889-GMN-DJA; 3:16-cv-00693-MMD-CLB). The Court's Inmate Mediation Program is a volunteer program with limited resources. The Court has reviewed this case and, while not opining on the merits, has determined that it shall be excluded from the inmate mediation program to preserve the Court's limited resources. An order granting in forma pauperis shall issue and this case shall proceed on the normal litigation track. The parties are free to privately discuss settlement if they so choose.