Davis v. Marin County Jail et al

Filing 107

ORDER Appointing Counsel. Signed by Judge Ronald M. Whyte on 7/30/09. (jg, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 7/31/2009)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION

ULYSSES DAVIS, JR., Plaintiff, v. MARIN COUNTY JAIL, et al., Defendants. /

No. C 03-4334 RMW (PR) ORDER APPOINTING COUNSEL

Plaintiff being in need of counsel to assist him in this matter, and volunteer attorney willing to be appointed to represent plaintiff having been located by the court, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT Leo P. Cunningham of the law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati P.C., 650 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, California 94304, is appointed as counsel for plaintiff in this matter pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1) and the court's Federal Pro Bono Project guidelines. A status conference is set in this matter for September 18, 2009 at 10:30 a.m. to set pretrial and trial dates. The parties are instructed to file a Joint Status Conference Statement, pursuant to Civil L.R. 16-9, seven days prior to the conference. The stay of this matter shall remain in effect until four weeks from the date this order is filed.
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The clerk shall serve Mr. Cunningham, as well as the parties, with a copy of this order, and shall update the docket sheet in this matter to reflect plaintiff's new counsel. IT IS SO ORDERED. DATED:
7/30/09

RONALD M. WHYTE United States District Judge

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