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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 PATRICK BRUCE GORDON, Case No. 2:91-cv-00882-MCE-JDP (DP) Petitioner, DEATH PENALTY CASE v. ORDER DENYING PETITIONER’S MOTION

FOR SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE

RON DAVIS, ECF No. 456 Respondent. 16 Petitioner has filed a motion that asks the court to defer consider of his pending motion for summary judgment, which is fully briefed, and to set a settlement conference. ECF No. 456; see ECF No. 421. Respondent opposes the motion. ECF No. 458. Considering the number of claims in this capital habeas case and the substantial briefing on the pending motion for summary judgment, see ECF Nos. 397, 421, 441, & 454, a settlement judge would need to expend significant time to prepare for a settlement conference. And given respondent’s resistance to participating in settlement discussions, a settlement conference would likely be unproductive and hence a waste of scarce judicial resources. See Garrett v. Macomber, No.…