Opinion
3:22-CV-00044-RCJ-CLB
11-14-2022
LAUSTEVEION JOHSON, Plaintiff, v. PHOENIX PROGRAM, 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 dozens of open cases pending before this Court. Since 2010, Johnson has filed over 60 civil rights actions. Johnson has attended multiple inmate mediations in civil rights cases which have proved both unproductive and unsuccessful. (See 3:12-CV-0301; 3:13-CV-0689; 3:14-CV-0122; 3:14-CV-0303; 2:16-CV-0366; 2:16-CV-1889; 3:16-CV-0693).
The court has reviewed this particular case and, while not opining on the merits, has determined that it shall be excluded from the inmate mediation program in order 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.