Reynolds
Reynolds v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 RICHARD LANCE REYNOLDS, Case No. 17-cv-04202-SI
Plaintiff,
ORDER FOR CASE MANAGEMENT
v. STATEMENTS
J. MERENDA, Defendant.
12 This is a pro se prisoner’s civil rights action in which plaintiff alleges that defendant twice used excessive force on him on April 5, 2016 at the Correctional Training Facility in Soledad. Summary judgment was granted on the claim that defendant used excessive force in connection with handcuffing plaintiff, leaving for adjudication only a claim that defendant later used excessive force on plaintiff in an office at the prison. See Docket No. 29. A settlement conference was held earlier this year, but the parties apparently were unable to reach a settlement. See Docket No. 34.1 This action has been pending for more than two years, and it is now time to move toward trial. The parties may be ready for trial right now, but the court wants some information from them so that the court can, among other…