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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Civil Rights Act

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COURT

For the Northern District of California

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ORDER (C 07-00005 LB)

UNITED 

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COURT

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For the Northern District of California

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STATES 

DISTRICT 

COURT

For the Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

Northern District of California

Oakland Division

JOSE HIGAREDA GOMEZ,

Plaintiff,

v.

CITY OF FREMONT, et al.,

Defendants.

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No. C 07-00005 LB

ORDER REFERRING

LITIGANT TO FEDERAL PRO

BONO PROJECT

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff Jose Higareda Gomez shall be referred to the

Federal Pro Bono Project in the manner set forth below:

1. The Clerk shall forward to the Volunteer Legal Services Program of the Bar

Association of San Francisco ("BASF") one copy of the court file with a notice of

referral of the case pursuant to the Guidelines of the Federal Pro Bono Project for

referral to a volunteer attorney. This Court's order denying Defendants' motion for

summary judgment provides an overview of the case. See ECF No. 78. 

2. If BASF locates an attorney to represent Plaintiff, that attorney shall be appointed as

counsel through trial, which is set for December 2, 2010. See March 6, 2010,

scheduling order, ECF No. 56. A settlement conference is set before United States

Magistrate Judge Maria-Elena James on October 6, 2010, at 10 a.m. 

3. Ordinarily, the Court would stay proceedings in this action for four weeks for the

appointment process, but no dates are scheduled until November. Also, defense

counsel is unavailable until August 10, 2010. The Court will extend discovery

deadlines if needed, but the case involves limited fact discovery, and any extension

will not affect the currently-scheduled trial date. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 21, 2010 _______________________________

LAUREL BEELER

United States Magistrate Judge

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