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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

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RAYMOND J. MANZANILLO,

Plaintiff,

v.

GREGORY D. LEWIS, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 12-cv-05983-JST (PR)

ORDER APPOINTING COUNSEL

The Court having determined that exceptional circumstances warranting the appointment 

of counsel for plaintiff in this matter exist, and volunteer counsel willing to be appointed having 

been located,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT: Ari M. Hersher and Jason M. Allen of Seyfarth 

Shaw LLP, 560 Mission Street, Suite 3100, San Francisco, CA 94105-2930 are appointed as 

counsel, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1) and the Court’s Federal Pro Bono Project Guidelines. 

The scope of this referral shall be for all purposes for the duration of the case. Counsel shall be 

familiar with General Order No. 25 and the Federal Pro Bono Project Guidelines posted on the 

Court’s website.

All further proceedings are STAYED for four weeks from the date of this order. A trial 

date has not yet been set in this action. The Clerk is directed to add plaintiff’s appointed counsel 

to the docket and serve a copy of this order upon plaintiff and upon counsel for both parties. The 

Clerk is further directed to send a copy of this order to the Federal Pro Bono Project.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 20, 2015

______________________________________

JON S. TIGAR

United States District Judge

Case 3:12-cv-05983-JST Document 156 Filed 05/20/15 Page 1 of 1