PHILIP A. BRIMMER, District Judge.
This matter comes before the Court on the Motion Requesting Order for Settlement Hearing [Docket No. 86], filed by plaintiff Jeremy Nechol Denison. The plaintiff is pro se. The Court construes the motion as a request pursuant to Local Rule 16.6(a) for the Court to authorize the assigned magistrate judge to conduct a settlement conference in this case. Mr. Denison is currently a prisoner being housed in the Arkansas Valley Correctional Facility of the Colorado Bureau of Prisons.
Both the state defendants and defendant Correctional Health Partners have indicated that their willingness to participate in settlement negotiations facilitated by the magistrate judge is dependent upon their evaluation of an initial written settlement offer by Mr. Denison. See Docket Nos. 88 and 89. In light of that fact, it is
ORDERED that plaintiff Jeremy Nechol Denison may send an initial written settlement offer to defendants on or before November 20, 2014. It is further
ORDERED that, on or before December 1, 2014, defendants shall notify the Court whether they are willing to participate in a settlement conference with the assigned magistrate judge. It is further
ORDERED that the Court will not rule on plaintiff's Motion Requesting Order for Settlement Hearing [Docket No. 86] until on or after December 1, 2014.