Cuellar

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JAKAN CHAMEL MILLS, Case No. 1:20-cv-01247-NONE-EPG Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT’S

MOTION TO EXCUSE DEFENDANT FROM

v. ATTENDING SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE R. CUELLAR, (Doc. No. 37) Defendant. 16 This matter was referred to the undersigned to conduct a settlement conference. (Doc. No. 30). The court’s order setting the conference requires all named parties to attend. (Doc. No. 34). Defendant moves to excuse Defendant R. Cuellar, a correctional officer, from attendance at the settlement conference. (Docs. No. 37). Defendant argues his attendance is unnecessary because the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (“CDCR”) will pay any settlement funds and Defendant Cuellar lacks authority to bind CDCR to a settlement. (Doc. No. 37). The court has the authority to require an individual defendant’s attendance at settlement conferences. Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(c)(1). In weighing…