Harris v. Clearlake Police Department et al

Filing 23

ORDER REFERRING LITIGANT TO FEDERAL PRO BONO PROJECT. Signed by Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers on 7/11/2012. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit, # 2 Certificate/Proof of Service)(fs, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 7/11/2012)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA JAMES LA VELL HARRIS Plaintiff, vs. CLEARLAKE POLICE DEPARTMENT, et al., Defendants. ) ) Case Number: 12-cv-0864-YGR ) ) ORDER REFERRING LITIGANT TO ) FEDERAL PRO BONO PROJECT ) ) ) ) The plaintiff, James La Vell Harris, having requested and being in need of counsel to assist him in this matter and good and just cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff James La Vell Harris shall be referred to the Federal Pro Bono Project (“Project”) in the manner set forth below: 1. The clerk shall forward to the appropriate Project office, San Francisco or San Jose, determined by whether the referring judge is located in the San Francisco/Oakland or San Jose division, a notice of referral of the case pursuant to the Guidelines of the Project for referral to a volunteer attorney. The scope of this referral shall be for: all purposes for the duration of the case the limited purpose of representing the litigant in the course of mediation early neutral evaluation settlement conference briefing and hearing on the following motion (e.g., motion for summary judgment or motion to dismiss): ___________________________ _____________________________________________________________ discovery as follows: _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ other: _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ 2. Upon being notified by the Project that an attorney has been located to represent the plaintiff, that attorney shall be appointed as counsel for James La Vell Harris in this matter for the scope of representation described above. If the appointment of counsel is for limited purposes, the Court shall issue an order relieving the volunteer attorney from the limited representation of the litigant once those purposes have been fulfilled. IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: July 11, 2012 YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

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