Opinion
5:20-cv-00164-MR
01-02-2024
JONATHAN ANTHONY LEE TORRES Plaintiff, v. ERIC DYE, et al., Defendants.
ORDER
W. Carleton Metcalf United States Magistrate Judge.
This matter is before the undersigned following the Order of the District Court referring this case for a judicial settlement conference. Doc. 80.
A judicial settlement conference is set for Thursday, February 8, 2024, 2024 from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
The conference will be conducted by telephone. Call-in information will be provided to the parties by separate communication.
Plaintiff shall participate in the conference from his present place of incarceration and that facility shall ensure that the necessary accommodations are made to allow Plaintiff to participate reasonably in the settlement conference including, to the extent possible, allowing Plaintiff to participate in a private setting and with access to his case materials.
Defendants and their counsel may participate in the conference from any location they deem appropriate, provided that Defendants and their counsel participate using a single conference line. Further, in accordance with this district's Local Civil Rule 16.3(d)(2), a person with full authority (not including counsel of record) to settle all pending claims must also participate in the conference on behalf of Defendants, to the extent Defendants themselves do not have such authority. Any such person shall also participate using the same conference line as Defendants and their counsel.
Any request seeking permission to modify the terms of this Order shall be filed no later than January 25, 2024 or be subject to summary denial.
Defense counsel shall ensure that the Warden and/or Plaintiff's case manager at Plaintiff's current place of incarceration receives notice of the conference, including call-in information and a copy of this Order.
It is so ordered.