James v. Hayward Police Department et al

Filing 63

ORDER APPOINTING COUNSEL AND SETTING CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE (Illston, Susan) (Filed on 8/17/2016)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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DENNIS LAMAR JAMES,

Case No. 13-cv-01092-SI

Plaintiff,
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v.
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HAYWARD POLICE DEPARTMENT, et
al.,

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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ORDER APPOINTING COUNSEL AND
SETTING CASE MANAGEMENT
CONFERENCE

Defendants.

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On August 2, 2016, the court referred this action to the Federal Pro Bono Project to find

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counsel interested in representing plaintiff in this action. A representative from the Federal Pro

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Bono Project has informed the court that attorneys David Fermino and Andrew Muir of the law

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firm of Sideman & Bancroft LLP, located at One Embarcadero Center, 22nd Floor, San Francisco,

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CA 94111, are willing to be appointed to undertake this representation at the request of the Federal

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Pro Bono Project.

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Accordingly, attorneys David Fermino and Andrew Muir of Sideman & Bancroft LLP are

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hereby appointed as counsel for plaintiff for all purposes in this action. Counsel shall be familiar

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with General Order No. 25 and the Federal Pro Bono Project Guidelines posted on the Court's

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website.

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All proceedings are stayed until four weeks from the date of this order.

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The court will hold a case management conference at 3:00 p.m. on September 23, 2016.

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The parties shall file a joint case management statement no later than one week before the case

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management conference. The court is particularly interested in setting a discovery schedule and

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trial date, and expects the joint case management statement to (a) identify the specific discovery

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that remains to be done, (b) propose a schedule for the completion of that discovery, and

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(c) propose mutually available trial dates, preferably within the next four to eight months.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: August 17, 2016
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SUSAN ILLSTON
United States District Judge

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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