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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 AKIVA AVIKAIDA ISRAEL, No. 2:21-cv-00262-TLN-EFB (PC) Plaintiff, v. ORDER SHMARYAHU BROWNSTEIN, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The action proceeds on plaintiff’s second amended complaint, alleging that defendants have violated her constitutional rights to free exercise of religion and equal protection and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act. ECF Nos. 26, 28. Currently pending is plaintiff’s request that the court schedule a settlement conference. ECF No. 86. For the following reasons, the request will be denied. I. Background On August 4, 2023, defendants filed a motion for terminating sanctions or, alternatively, an order compelling plaintiff to participate in her deposition. ECF No. 78. Defendants argued that plaintiff refused to be deposed and served deficient and untimely responses to…