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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

STEVEN ROBERT CERNIGLIA,

Plaintiff,

vs.

COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO, ET AL.,

Defendants.

No. 2:99-cv-01938-JKS

ORDER APPOINTING COUNSEL

Upon review of documents on file and good cause appearing, the court finds as follows:

1. Efforts to obtain legal representation for plaintiff without order of this court would be

futile;

2. Plaintiff's income is 125 percent or less of the current poverty threshold established by

the Office of Management and Budget of the United States and is otherwise without resources to

obtain counsel;

3. This case is of a type that attorneys in this district ordinarily do not accept without

prepayment of a fee;

4. This case is not a fee generating case within the meaning of California Business and

Professions Code § 8030.4(g); and

5. This case has sufficient merit to warrant appointment pursuant to General Order No.

230.

THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED THAT:

1. James Houpt, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP, 400 Capitol Mall, Suite 3000

Sacramento, CA 95814, Tel: 916-329-7949, e-mail jhoupt@orrick.com, is appointed as attorney

for plaintiff pursuant to General Order No. 230;

2. Counsel is directed to contact the Clerk's Office to make arrangements for copies of

the file; and 

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3. All other contemplated costs shall be handled as described in General Order No. 230.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT counsel for plaintiff and counsel for defendants are

to meet at the earliest mutually convenient time and, on or prior to August 15, 2007, file with the

court a joint status report as to such further pretrial proceedings as may be necessary or

appropriate and dates when the parties will be ready for trial between April 1, 2008 and May 31,

2008.

DATED: July 2, 2007

s/ James K. Singleton, Jr.

JAMES K. SINGLETON, JR.

United States District Judge

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