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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights (Employment Discrimination)

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DAWNIA SIMMONS,

Plaintiff,

v.

MARRIOT COURT YARD,

Defendant.

Case No. 19-cv-04431-PJH 

ORDER REFERRING PLAINTIFF TO

FEDERAL PRO BONO PROJECT,

STAYING ACTION PENDING

APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL, AND 

VACATING HEARING DATE AND 

CMC

The plaintiff having requested and being in need of counsel to assist him/her in 

this matter and good and just cause appearing,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff 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 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. The scope of 

this referral shall be for:

[ ] all purposes for the duration of the case

[X] the limited purpose of representing the litigant in the course of

[X] 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:

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[ ] other:

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2. Upon being notified by the Project that an attorney has been located to

represent plaintiff, that attorney shall be appointed as counsel for plaintiff 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 plaintiff in this action.

4. The January 29, 2020 hearing on defendant’s motion to dismiss is hereby 

VACATED. The case management conference scheduled for February 13, 

2020 is hereby VACATED. The hearing and CMC will be rescheduled 

following the lift of the stay in this action.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 17, 2020

/s/ Phyllis J. Hamilton

PHYLLIS J. HAMILTON

United States District Judge

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