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Nature of Suit Code: 560
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Civil Detainee - Conditions of Confinement
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

RANDY DAVID RAY ROBERTSON,

Plaintiff,

v.

CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 15-cv-02549-WHO (PR) 

ORDER APPOINTING COUNSEL;

ORDER STAYING ACTION

The Court having determined that it would be beneficial to have counsel assist 

plaintiff Randy Robertson in this matter and having located volunteer counsel willing to be 

appointed to represent him, it is hereby ordered that Michael Bien (California Bar No. 

96891) of Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP is appointed as counsel for all purposes for 

Robertson in this matter pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1) and the Court’s Federal Pro 

Bono Project guidelines.

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. Counsel is requested to file a notice of 

appearance within two weeks from the date of this order. Counsel shall be familiar with 

General Order No. 25 and the Federal Pro Bono Project Guidelines posted on the Court’s 

website.

The Clerk shall send a copy of this Order to Michael Bien, Rosen Bien Galvan & 

Grunfeld LLP, 50 Fremont Street, 19th Floor, San Francisco, California, 94105. The Clerk 

shall also send a copy of this order to Robertson and defendants’ counsel.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 7, 2015

_________________________

WILLIAM H. ORRICK

United States District Judge

Case 3:15-cv-02549-WHO Document 12 Filed 12/07/15 Page 1 of 1