United States Of America -v- Dale Domino

Filing 39

ORDER Referring Defendant to Federal Pro Bono Project. Signed by Magistrate Judge Donna M. Ryu on 01/08/14. (dmrlc1, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 1/8/2014) (Additional attachment(s) added on 1/8/2014: # 1 Certificate/Proof of Service) (ig, COURT STAFF).

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

United States of America,
Plaintiff,
vs.
Dale Domino,
Defendant.

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Case Number: 12-2426 DMR
ORDER REFERRING LITIGANT TO
FEDERAL PRO BONO PROJECT AND
STAYING PROCEEDINGS PENDING
EVALUATION FOR APPOINTMENT OF
COUNSEL

The Defendant being in need of counsel to assist him in this matter and good and just
cause appearing,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Defendant Dale Domino shall be referred to the Federal
Pro Bono Project (“Project”) for evaluation of whether referral to a volunteer attorney is
appropriate, in the manner set forth below:
1.

The clerk shall forward the Referral Form 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 the limited purpose of representing the litigant in
the course of ADR, the form of which shall be determined by the ADR
department upon its evaluation of this matter.

2.

Upon being notified by the Project that an attorney has been located to represent
the Defendant, that attorney shall be appointed as counsel for Defendant Dale
Domino 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.

3.

All proceedings in this action are hereby stayed until four weeks from the date an
attorney is appointed to represent Defendant Dale Domino in this action.

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