Spearman

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 SAMUEL SALDANA, No. 2:18-cv-0319 AC P Plaintiff, v. ORDER M.E. SPEARMAN, et al., Defendants. 15 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before this court is plaintiff’s most recent request for a second settlement conference and motion to appoint counsel. ECF No. 50. The parties initially participated in a settlement conference before Judge Newman on October 16, 2019, as part of the Post-Screening ADR Project. ECF No. 27. The case did not settle at that time. Id. Plaintiff then moved for a second settlement conference, ECF No. 34, but the motion was denied after defense counsel advised that he did not believe a settlement conference would be beneficial at that time and that he would want to take plaintiff’s deposition before participating in any additional settlement conferences, ECF Nos. 40, 41. Plaintiff has now filed another motion…