Yocom
Yocom v. County of Tulare
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 MICHAEL ALAN YOCOM, Case No. 1:21-cv-00557-NONE-SKO Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
TO DISMISS ACTION FOR FAILURE
v. TO STATE A CLAIM ORDER DENYING MOTIONS FOR
IMMEDIATE SETTLEMENT
COUNTY OF TULARE, et al., CONFERENCE Defendants. (Docs. 1, 4, 7, 9) 21-DAY DEADLINE 16 I. INTRODUCTION A. Background On April 1, 2021, Plaintiff Michael Alan Yocom (“Plaintiff”), a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed a civil rights complaint against the County of Tulare, the City of Porterville, Deputy Mathew Douglas Reuter of the Tulare County Sheriff’s Department, and Officer Bruce Sokoloff of the Porterville Police Department (collectively, “Defendants”). (Doc. 1 (“Compl.”).) On April 16, 2021, Plaintiff filed a motion for “immediate settlement hearings or talks.” (Doc. 4.) On that same date, Plaintiff also…