Mendez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ALBERTO MENDEZ, Case No. 00-cv-01544-SI

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING REQUEST TO

v. COMPEL COMPLIANCE WITH

SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT

J. S. WOODFORD, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 99 Defendants.

12 This matter is now before the court for consideration of plaintiff Mendez’s request to compel defendant prison officials to comply with a settlement agreement executed in 2002. The request will be denied because the court lacks jurisdiction over the settlement agreement. The parties settled this case nearly 18 years ago. They embodied the settlement terms in a written agreement signed in February 2002 in which Mendez essentially agreed to dismiss all claims with prejudice in exchange for $10,000 and continued medical treatment for his glaucoma. Docket No. 99-1 at 5. The agreement also mentioned a desire to have the undersigned hear any judicial proceeding to enforce the agreement: In the event of a judicial proceeding to enforce…