CLAUSO v. BONDS et al

Filing 70

MEMORANDUM OPINION & ORDER directing the Clerk to select an attorney form the civil pro bono panel, etc. Signed by Judge Noel L. Hillman on 3/31/2021. (dmr)(n.m.)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY
THOMAS JAMES CLAUSO,
Plaintiff,
v.

1:18-cv-12217 (NLH) (LHG)
MEMORANDUM OPINION
& ORDER

WARDEN WILLIE BONDS, et al.,
Defendants.
APPEARANCES:
Gurbir S. Grewal, Attorney General of New Jersey
Niccole L. Sandora, Deputy Attorney General
Office of the New Jersey Attorney General
R.J. Hughes Justice Complex
PO Box 116
Trenton, NJ 08625
Counsel for Defendants Willie Bonds, Guard Martinelli, and
Guard Hansen
Thomas James Clauso
59252
South Woods State Prison
215 South Burlington Road
Bridgeton, NJ 08302
Plaintiff pro se
HILLMAN, District Judge
WHEREAS, on March 15, 2021, the Court denied summary
judgment on two claims against Guard Martinelli and Guard Hansen
see ECF No. 62; and
WHEREAS, Plaintiff Thomas Clauso previously requested the

appointment of counsel.

ECF No. 14.

The application was denied

as the Court concluded the factors set forth in Tabron v. Grace,
6 F.3d 147 (3d Cir. 1993) did not support appointing counsel at
that time, ECF No. 32; and
WHEREAS, the Court ordered Plaintiff to show cause why
counsel should not be appointed at this time as the
circumstances have changed such that the Tabron factors support
the appointment of counsel, ECF No. 66; and
WHEREAS, Plaintiff wrote back in support of appointing
counsel, ECF No. 69; and
WHEREAS, the Court finds that the interests of justice
support appointing counsel as Plaintiff cannot afford counsel on
his own, 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1),
THEREFORE, IT IS on this

31st

day of March, 2021

ORDERED that the Clerk shall select an attorney from the
civil pro bono panel; and it is further
ORDERED that the selected appointed attorney from the civil
pro bono panel shall enter a notice of appearance within
fourteen (14) days of the date of his or her appointment; and it
is finally
ORDERED that the Clerk shall send a copy of this Order to
Plaintiff by regular mail.
s/ Noel L. Hillman
NOEL L. HILLMAN, U.S.D.J.

At Camden, New Jersey
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