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Nature of Suit Code: 470
Nature of Suit: Civil (Rico)
Cause of Action: 18:1961 Racketeering (RICO) Act

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United States District Court 

Northern District of California 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

H.P.D. CONSOLIDATION, INC., 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

JOSE PINA, et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 15-cv-05309-EMC 

ORDER REFERRING LITIGANT TO 

FEDERAL PRO BONO PROJECT AND 

STAYING PROCEEDINGS PENDING 

APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL 

Docket No. 121 

The Defendant Edwin Whitefield 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 Mr. Whitefield shall be referred to the Federal Pro Bono 

Project (“Project”) in the manner set forth below: 

1. The clerk shall forward the Referral Order to the San Francisco Project office. The 

scope of this referral shall be for: 

(X) 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 

Mr. Whitefield, that attorney shall be appointed as counsel for Mr. Whitefield 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. 

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United States District Court 

Northern District of California 

All proceedings in this action are hereby stayed until four weeks from the date of this 

order. Counsel shall be familiar with General Order No. 25 and the Federal Pro Bono Project 

Guidelines posted on the Court’s website. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: June 29, 2016 

 

EDWARD M. CHEN 

United States District Judge 

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