R.M. v. State of Washington et al

Filing 192

ORDER. It is ORDERED that the Clerk and the pro bono coordinator shall again seek to locate pro bono trial counsel for Maddaus. Signed by Judge Benjamin H. Settle. **2 PAGE(S), PRINT ALL**(R.M., Prisoner ID: 975429)(MW)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT TACOMA

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Plaintiff,

ORDER

JAMES J. EDWARDS and EDITH
KROHA,
Defendants.

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CASE NO. C18-5387 BHS

ROBERT MADDAUS,

THIS MATTER is before the Court on its own motion, following the parties’
unsuccessful settlement conference before Magistrate Judge S. Kate Vaughan. Dkt. 191.
In May 2021, Magistrate Judge Theresa L. Fricke granted pro se plaintiff Robert
Maddaus’s request for the appointment of pro bono counsel. Dkt. 132. The clerk was
unable to secure such counsel at that time. Dkt. 134.
Since then, many of Maddaus’s claims and several defendants have been
dismissed. His deliberate indifference claims against defendants James Edwards and
Edith Kroha, however, have survived summary judgment, Dkt. 174, and will proceed to

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trial on October 17, 2023, Dkt. 184. It is therefore ORDERED that the Clerk and the pro

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bono coordinator shall again seek to locate pro bono trial counsel for Maddaus.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated this 30th day of August, 2023.

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BENJAMIN H. SETTLE
United States District Judge

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