Timothy Gastile v. T. Virga

MEMORANDUM

California state prisoner Timothy Gas-tile appeals pro se from the district court’s order granting defendant’s motion to enforce a settlement agreement in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging Eighth Amendment claims. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review for an abuse of discretion the district court’s enforcement of a settlement agreement. Doi v. Halekulani Corp., 276 F.3d 1131, 1136 (9th Cir. 2002). We affirm.

The district court did not abuse its discretion by granting defendant’s motion to enforce the settlement agreement because Gastile stated that he understood and agreed to the material terms of the agreement during the settlement conference before the magistrate judge, and the record does not support Gastile’s claims of confusion and coercion. See Cal. Civ. Proc. Code. § 664.6 (“If parties to pending litigation stipulate, in a writing signed by the parties outside the presence of the court or orally before the court, for settlement of the case, or part thereof, the court, upon motion, may enter judgment pursuant to the terms of the settlement.”); Doi, 276 F.3d at 1136-40 (district court did not abuse its discretion in enforcing settlement…