Opinion
2:18-cv-2944 KJM AC P
07-19-2021
MARVIN PACK, JR., Plaintiff, v. JOE A. LIZARRAGA, et al., Defendant.
ORDER
ALLISON CLAIRE UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. By order filed July 7, 2021, this case was referred to the court's Post-Screening ADR (Alternative Dispute Resolution) Project and stayed for a period of 120 days. ECF No. 50. That order provided defendants the opportunity to request opting out of the ADR Project based on a good faith belief that a settlement conference would be a waste of resources. Id. at 2. Defendants now request to opt out of the Post-Screening ADR Project and that the stay be lifted. ECF No. 51. Having reviewed the request, the court finds good cause to grant it. By separate order, the court will set a schedule for discovery and pretrial motions.
Counsel for defendants is advised that in the future, any motion to opt out should affirm that counsel has taken all the steps outlined in the order referring the case to the Post-Screening ADR Project, including that they have spoken to plaintiff and their supervisor.
Good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:
1. Defendants' request to opt out of the Post-Screening ADR Project, ECF No. 51, is GRANTED.
2. The stay of this action, commencing July 7, 2021, ECF No. 50, is LIFTED.