(PC) Madrid v. De La Cruz
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
DAVID JOSEPH MADRID, Case No. 1:18-cv-00947-DAD-EPG (PC)
Plaintiff, ORDER FOLLOWING INITIAL
SCHEDULING CONFERENCE
v.
A. DE LA CRUZ and M. LOPEZ, Defendants.
David Madrid (“Plaintiff”) is a prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff is currently incarcerated in Los Angeles County Jail. On March 2, 2020, at 1:30 p.m., the Court attempted to hold an Initial Scheduling Conference (“Conference”). (ECF No. 63). Prior to the Conference, the Court issued an order directing Los Angeles County Jail to make Plaintiff available for the Conference. (ECF No. 60, p. 2). Additionally, court staff specially set up a phone line compliant with Los Angeles County Jail requirements, so that Plaintiff could participate telephonically in the Conference. Defense counsel Jaime Ganson telephonically appeared at the conference. Plaintiff did not appear.1 …