Nelson v. California State Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Filing 62

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan on 1/9/2018 APPOINTING Yuri Kvichko as counsel for plaintiff for the limited purpose of conducting discovery and filing or opposing dispositive motions. Appointment will terminate when the order ru ling on any dispositive motions has been filed, or upon the expiration of time to file any dispositive motions, if none have been filed. (Copy of order sent to Patrick Otis Nelson, 579 N. Spruce Road Exeter, CA 93221 and Yuri Kvichko, Law Office of Yuri Kvichko, 980 9th St., Floor 16, Sacramento, CA 95814) (Henshaw, R)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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PATRICK OTIS NELSON,

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Plaintiff,

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No. 2:09-cv-0140-EFB P
ORDER APPOINTING LIMITED PURPOSE
COUNSEL THROUGH DISPOSITIVE
MOTIONS

v.
S. C. PECK, et al.,
Defendants.

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Plaintiff is a former state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under

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42 U.S.C. § 1983. The court has found that a limited purpose appointment of counsel for plaintiff

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is warranted. Yuri Kvichko has been selected from the Court’s Pro Bono Attorney Panel to

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represent plaintiff and has agreed to be appointed for the limited purpose of conducting discovery

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and filing or opposing dispositive motions, if deemed necessary by appointed counsel.

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:
1. Yuri Kvichko is appointed as counsel in the above entitled matter for the limited purpose
of conducting discovery and filing or opposing dispositive motions.
2. Yuri Kvichko’s appointment will terminate when the order ruling on any dispositive

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motions has been filed, or upon the expiration of time to file any dispositive motions, if

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none have been filed. Upon the termination of the appointment, counsel shall have the

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option of proceeding as plaintiff’s appointed counsel for trial if the matter proceeds to
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trial. If counsel does not notify the court of his wish to continue representation of plaintiff

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after he has carried out his limited purpose, the court will consider appointing new counsel

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for plaintiff.

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3. Appointed counsel shall notify Sujean Park at [phone], or via email at
[e-mail] if he has any questions related to the appointment.
4. The Clerk of the Court is directed to serve a copy of this order upon Yuri Kvichko, Law
Office of Yuri Kvichko, 980 9th St., Floor 16, Sacramento, CA 95814.
DATED: January 9, 2018.

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