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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Federal Question: Bivens Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SHANNON WILLIAMS,

Plaintiff,

v.

OFFICER BAKER,

Defendant.

Case No. 1:16-cv-01540-DAD-JDP

ORDER APPOINTING LIMITED-PURPOSE 

COUNSEL

Plaintiff Shannon Williams is a federal prisoner proceeding without counsel and in forma 

pauperis in this civil rights action brought under Bivens v. Six Unknown Agents, 403 U.S. 388 

(1971). On October 28, 2019, the plaintiff filed a Motion to Appoint Counsel. ECF No. 66. On 

February 7, 2020, the court found appointment of counsel for plaintiff warranted for the limited 

purpose of briefing whether plaintiff’s remaining Eighth Amendment allegation in his complaint 

states a claim upon which relief may be granted in light of Ziglar v. Abbasi, 137 S. Ct. 1843, 1854 

(2017). ECF No. 69. Carter C. White and the King Hall Civil Rights Clinic have been selected 

from the court’s pro bono attorney panel to represent plaintiff for this limited purpose and have

agreed to be appointed. 

Accordingly, it is hereby ordered that:

1. Carter C. White and the King Hall Civil Rights Clinic are appointed as limited purpose 

counsel for plaintiff in the above entitled matter. This appointment is for the limited purpose of 

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briefing on the proper application of Ziglar. The brief is due 60 days from the date of this order.

2. Carter C. White and the King Hall Civil Rights Clinic’s appointment will terminate 

when an order has been issued on whether plaintiff’s complaint states a claim on which relief may 

be granted in light of Ziglar v. Abassi. 

3. Appointed counsel has requested access to the video file lodged on the docket. See

ECF No. 50. The court grants this request and will work with appointed counsel to provide 

access to the file. 

4. 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.

5. The Clerk of the Court is directed to serve a copy of this order upon Carter C. White, 

King Hall Civil Rights Clinic, UCD Clinical Program Bldg. TB 30, 1 Shields Ave., Davis, CA 

95616. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 2, 2020 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

No. 205.

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