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, a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, has filed a motion for a Rule 16 pretrial conference in which he requests the appointment of counsel and alleges that he is being retaliated against by various correctional officers for pursuing this action. ECF No. 97. Shortly after this case was referred to the court’s Post-Screening Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Project for a settlement conference, plaintiff filed an interlocutory appeal of an earlier denial of preliminary injunctive relief. ECF No. 80. The court then stayed the proceedings pending resolution of the appeal. ECF No. 87. After the stay was issued, the parties filed several matters. Defendants requested to opt-out of the Post-Screening ADR Project, ECF No. 88, and filed an answer to…