Biley v. Commissioner of Social Security

Filing 10

ORDER REFERRING CASE TO FEDERAL PRO BONO PROJECT FOR APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL (Illston, Susan) (Filed on 1/10/2012)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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ALLEN IRVIN BILEY,

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Plaintiff,

United States District Court
For the Northern District of California

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No. C 11-03905 SI
ORDER REFERRING CASE TO
FEDERAL PRO BONO PROJECT FOR
APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL

v.
COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY,

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Defendant.

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The plaintiff, Allen Irvin Biley, having requested and being in need of counsel to assist him/her

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in this matter and good and just cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Allen Irvin Biley

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shall be referred to the Federal Pro Bono Project (“Project”) in the manner set forth below:

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The clerk shall forward to the appropriate Project office, San Francisco or San Jose, determined

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by whether the referring judge is located in the San Francisco/Oakland or San Jose division, one copy

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of the court file with a notice of referral of the case pursuant to the Guidelines of the Project for referral

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to a volunteer attorney. The scope of this referral shall be for all purposes for the duration of the case

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in this Court.

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that attorney shall be appointed as counsel for Plaintiff Biley in this matter for the scope of

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representation described above. If the appointment of counsel is for limited purposes, the Court shall

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issue an order relieving the volunteer attorney from the limited representation of the litigant once those

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purposes have been fulfilled.

Upon being notified by the Project that an attorney has been located to represent Plaintiff Biley,

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appointed to represent Plaintiff Biley in this action.

All proceedings in this action are hereby stayed until four weeks from the date an attorney is

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: January 10, 1012
SUSAN ILLSTON
United States District Judge

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United States District Court
For the Northern District of California

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