Velasquez-Miranda

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 DAVONTA T. LEWIS, No. 2:21-cv-00932-DAD-EFB (PC) Plaintiff, v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND

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M. VELASQUEZ-MIRANDA, et al., Defendants. 15 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in this action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The parties reached a settlement agreement in a settlement conference before Magistrate Judge Erica P. Grosjean on October 27, 2022. ECF No. 98. The parties submitted a stipulation of dismissal with prejudice on December 1, 2022, and the case was accordingly closed. ECF Nos. 104, 105. Plaintiff now appears to have second thoughts about settling. He has filed a motion to compel defense counsel to provide a copy of the written settlement agreement to him, ECF No. 106, and states that he was “declared insane” as of the date of the settlement conference. He adds that he was coerced by defendants and Judge Grosjean to accept the settlement. Therefore, he concludes, the…