Kernan

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MATTHEW DENNIS, No. 2:16-cv-0542 JAM AC P Plaintiff, v. ORDER SCOTT KERNAN, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with this civil rights case filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action proceeds on the Third Amended Complaint (TAC), ECF No. 45, as screened by the court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A, ECF Nos. 51, 67. After all three defendants appeared, the undersigned referred this action to the court’s Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) project for a settlement conference before the commencement of discovery. ECF No. 78. Shortly thereafter, plaintiff filed an interlocutory appeal of an earlier denial of preliminary injunctive relief; the appeal remains pending. ECF No. 80 (USCA Case No. 20-16392). This court issued a stay of all matters pending resolution of the appeal. ECF No. 87. No ADR settlement conference has taken place. Since then, the parties…