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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

DEVONTE B. HARRIS, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

L. ZAMUDIO, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:09-cv-01523 TLN AC P 

ORDER APPOINTING COUNSEL 

 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with a civil rights 

action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On March 18, 2015, plaintiff filed a motion to appoint 

counsel. ECF No. 98. The court found that the appointment of counsel is warranted and granted 

plaintiff’s motion. ECF No. 100. Donald A. Lancaster, Jr. has been selected from the court’s pro 

bono attorney panel to represent plaintiff and he has agreed to be appointed. 

Pursuant to this court’s April 3, 2015 order (ECF No. 100), counsel for plaintiff may file 

an amended pretrial statement within thirty days. In addition to the matters already required to be 

addressed in the pretrial statement in accordance with Local Rule 281, any amended pretrial 

statement should also address whether counsel intends to move to amend the complaint and 

whether and to what extent he intends to seek to re-open discovery. If counsel chooses not to file 

an amended pretrial statement, he must nonetheless file a notice with the court addressing any 

intent to seek amendment of the complaint or re-opening of discovery. Further orders will issue 

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upon the filing of plaintiff’s amended pretrial statement or notice. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

1. Donald A. Lancaster, Jr. is appointed as counsel in the above entitled matter. 

2. Appointed counsel shall notify Sujean Park at (916) 930-4278, or via email at 

spark@caed.uscourts.gov if he has any questions related to the appointment. 

3. The Clerk of the Court is directed to serve a copy of this order upon Donald A. 

Lancaster, Jr., The Lancaster Law Group, 21900 Burbank Blvd., 3rd Floor, Woodland Hills, 

California 91367. 

4. Within thirty days of the filing of this order, counsel for plaintiff may file an amended 

pretrial statement. Any amended pretrial statement must address the matters outlined in Local 

Rule 281, as well as whether he intends to move to amend the complaint and whether and to what 

extent he intends to seek to re-open discovery. If counsel chooses not to file an amended pretrial 

statement, then within thirty days, he must instead file a notice with the court addressing any 

intent to amend the complaint and re-open discovery. 

DATED: April 17, 2015 

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