Reyes v. Grounds et al

Filing 44

ORDER TERMINATING LIMITED SCOPE REPRESENTATION. Signed by Judge Jon S. Tigar on December 2, 2013. (Attachments: # 1 Certificate/Proof of Service)(wsn, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 12/3/2013)

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1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 8 CARLOS JAIMEZ REYES, Case No. 12-cv-00704-JST (PR) Plaintiff, 9 v. ORDER TERMINATING LIMITED SCOPE REPRESENTATION 10 11 G. ELLIS, et al., United States District Court Northern District of California Defendants. 12 13 14 Plaintiff, a state prisoner incarcerated at Chuckawalla Valley State Prison and proceeding 15 pro se, filed this civil rights complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. ยง 1983. By order filed April 8, 2013, 16 the Court referred the matter to the Federal Pro Bono Project for appointment of counsel for the 17 limited purpose of representing plaintiff at deposition. Thereafter, by order filed, April 26, 2013, 18 the Court appointed attorneys Jon Streeter and Thomas E. Gorman of Keker & Van Nest LLP to 19 serve as volunteer counsel for plaintiff's deposition. Volunteer counsel has notified the Court that 20 they represented plaintiff at his deposition in Blythe, California on October 16, 2013 and that there 21 are no remaining deposition-related obligations in the case. (Dkt. No. 43.) 22 Accordingly, the scope of volunteer representation having been fulfilled, the Court hereby 23 removes this case from the Federal Pro Bono Project and terminates any further responsibilities of 24 volunteer counsel. 25 The Clerk is directed to remove Jon Streeter and Thomas E. Gorman of Keker & Van Nest 26 LLP from the docket as counsel of record in this action. The docket should reflect that plaintiff is 27 proceeding pro se and should reflect plaintiff's contact information as follows: 28 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Carlos Jaimez Reyes #G-22022 A1-4-4L Chuckawalla Valley State Prison P.O. Box 2349 Blythe, CA 92226 The Clerk is further directed to serve a copy of this order on: (1) plaintiff; (2) counsel of record for defendants; (3) the Federal Pro Bono Project; and (4) Jon Streeter and Thomas E. Gorman of Keker & Van Nest LLP. IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: December 2, 2013 ______________________________________ JON S. TIGAR United States District Judge United States District Court Northern District of California 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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