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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JUAN M. MONTENEGRO, Case No. 1:21-cv-01449-JLT-HBK Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

FOR A SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE

v. WITHOUT PREJUDICE AS PREMATURE ANTHONY, GRISHAM, (Doc. No. 10) Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, Juan M. Montenegro, is a current state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis on his complaint filed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (Doc. Nos. 1, 2). Pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion requesting a settlement conference. (Doc. No. 10). District courts possess inherent authority not governed “by rule or statute, but by control necessarily vested in courts to manage their own affairs so as to achieve the orderly and expeditious disposition of cases.” Dietz v. Bouldin, 136 S. Ct. 1885, 1892 (2016) (citations omitted). And while this Court endeavors to handle all matters as expeditiously as possible, it has “one of the heaviest caseloads in the nation” and operates under a…