Meneweather v. Powell et al

Filing 72

ORDER APPOINTING COUNSEL. Signed by Judge ARMSTRONG on 9/22/11. (lrc, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 9/27/2011)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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TOMAS LOPEZ MENEWEATHER,

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No. C 07-04204 SBA (PR)

Plaintiff,

ORDER APPOINTING COUNSEL AND
SETTING CASE MANAGEMENT
CONFERENCE

v.
B. POWELL, et al.,
Defendants.
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For the Northern District of California

United States District Court

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The Court having determined that it would be beneficial to have counsel assist Plaintiff in
this matter and having located volunteer counsel willing to be appointed to represent Plaintiff,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Otis McGee, Jr., Esq. (SBN 71885) and James George

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Higgins, Esq. (SBN 238188), of Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, are appointed as

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counsel for Plaintiff in this matter pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1) and the Court's Federal Pro

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Bono Project guidelines. All further proceedings will be stayed for four (4) weeks from the date of

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this Order. The Clerk of the Court shall send a copy of this Order to Mr. McGee at Sheppard

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Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, 4 Embarcadero Center, Seventeenth Floor, San Francisco,

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CA 94111. The Clerk shall also send a copy of this Order to Plaintiff and Defendants' counsel.

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IT IS FURTHER HEREBY ORDERED that the parties shall appear for a telephonic Case

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Management Conference on Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 3:15 p.m. The parties shall meet

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and confer prior to the conference and shall prepare a joint Case Management Conference Statement

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which shall be filed no later than ten (10) days prior to the Case Management Conference. The

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statement shall comply with the Standing Order for All Judges of the Northern District of California

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and the Standing Order of this Court. Plaintiff's counsel shall be responsible for filing the statement

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as well as for arranging the conference call. All parties shall be on the line and shall call (510)

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637-3559 at the above indicated date and time. A trial date has not yet been set in this action.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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DATED: September 22, 2011

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SAUNDRA BROWN ARMSTRONG
United States District Judge

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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TOMAS L MENEWEATHER,

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Plaintiff,

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

v.
B POWELL et al,
Defendant.

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For the Northern District of California

United States District Court

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Case Number: CV07-04204 SBA

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I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. District
Court, Northern District of California.
That on September 27, 2011, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by placing said
copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by depositing said
envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery receptacle
located in the Clerk's office.

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Tomas Lopez Meneweather D35219
Salinas Valley State Prison
P.O. Box 1050
Soledad, CA 93960

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Dated: September 27, 2011

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Richard W. Wieking, Clerk
By: LISA R CLARK, Deputy Clerk

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