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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 Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KEVIN E. FIELDS,

Plaintiff,

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J.S. WOODFORD, Warden, 

ET AL.,

Defendants. __________________________

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No. C 05-0870 CW (PR)

ORDER APPOINTING COUNSEL AND

SETTING CASE MANAGEMENT

CONFERENCE

The Court having determined that it would be beneficial to

have counsel assist Plaintiff in this matter and volunteer counsel

willing to be appointed to represent Plaintiff having been located

by the Court, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT Thomas V. Loran III, Esq. (SBN

95255) and Jonathan D. Butler, Esq. (SBN 229638) of Pillsbury

Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, are appointed as counsel for Plaintiff

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

Federal Pro Bono Project guidelines. 

The Clerk of the Court shall send a copy of this Order to

Plaintiff's counsel at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, P.O.

Box 7880, San Francisco, California 94120-7880. The Clerk of the

Court shall also send a copy of this Order to Plaintiff, and to

Defendants' counsel. 

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT a case management conference is set

for Tuesday, November 13, 2007 at 2:00 PM in Courtroom 2, Fourth

Floor, 1301 Clay Street, Oakland, California. The parties shall

meet and confer prior to the conference and shall prepare a joint

Case Management Statement which shall be filed no later than one

(1) week prior to the Case Management Conference that complies with

the Standing Order for All Judges of the Northern District of

California and the Standing Order of this Court. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: 10/25/07 

CLAUDIA WILKEN

United States District Judge

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NOTICE

Case Management Conferences and Pretrial Conferences are

conducted on Tuesdays at 2:00 p.m. Criminal Law and Motion

calendar is conducted on Wednesdays at 2:00 p.m. for defendants in

custody and 2:30 p.m. for defendants not in custody. Civil Law and

Motion calendar is conducted on Thursdays at 2:00 p.m. Order of

call is determined by the Court. Counsel need not reserve a

hearing date for civil motions; however, counsel are advised to

check the legal newspapers or the Court’s website at

www.cand.uscourts.gov for unavailable dates.

Motions for Summary Judgment: All issues shall be contained

within one motion of 25 pages or less, made on 35 days notice. 

(See Civil L.R. 7-2). Separate statements of undisputed facts in

support of or in opposition to motions for summary judgment will

not be considered by the Court. (See Civil Local Rule 56-2(a)). 

The motion and opposition should include a statement of facts

supported by citations to the declarations filed with respect to

the motion. Evidentiary and procedural objections shall be

contained within the motion, opposition or reply; separate motions

to strike will not be considered by the Court. Any cross-motion

shall be contained within the opposition to any motion for summary

judgment, shall contain 25 pages or less, and shall be filed 21

days before the hearing. The reply to a motion may contain up to

15 pages, shall include the opposition to any cross-motion, and

shall be filed 14 days before the hearing. (See Civil Local Rule

7-3). The Court may, sua sponte or pursuant to a motion under

Civil L.R. 6-3, reschedule the hearing so as to give a moving party

time to file a reply to any cross-motion.

All discovery motions are referred to a Magistrate Judge to be

heard and considered at the convenience of his/her calendar. All

such matters shall be noticed by the moving party for hearing on

the assigned Magistrate Judge's regular law and motion calendar, or

pursuant to that Judge's procedures.

Pursuant to General Order 45,§ VI.G, “In all cases subject to

ECF, in addition to filing papers electronically, the parties are

required to lodge for chambers no later than noon on the business

day following the day that the papers are filed electronically, one

paper copy of each document that is filed electronically.” 

(rev. 10/10/07)

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STANDING ORDER FOR ALL JUDGES OF THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF

CALIFORNIA

CONTENTS OF JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT STATEMENT

Commencing March 1, 2007, all judges of the Northern District of California require the identical

information in Joint Case Management Statements filed pursuant to Civil Local Rule 16-9. The

parties must include the following information in their statement which, except in unusually

complex cases, should not exceed ten pages:

1. Jurisdiction and Service: The basis for the court’s subject matter jurisdiction over

plaintiff’s claims and defendant’s counterclaims, whether any issues exist regarding personal

jurisdiction or venue, whether any parties remain to be served, and, if any parties remain to be

served, a proposed deadline for service.

2. Facts: A brief chronology of the facts and a statement of the principal factual

issues in dispute.

3. Legal Issues: A brief statement, without extended legal argument, of the disputed points

of law, including reference to specific statutes and decisions.

4. Motions: All prior and pending motions, their current status, and any anticipated motions.

5. Amendment of Pleadings: The extent to which parties, claims, or defenses are expected to be

added or dismissed and a proposed deadline for amending the pleadings.

6. Evidence Preservation: Steps taken to preserve evidence relevant to the issues reasonably

evident in this action, including interdiction of any document-destruction program and any ongoing

erasures of e-mails, voice mails, and other electronically-recorded material.

7. Disclosures: Whether there has been full and timely compliance with the initial disclosure

requirements of Fed. R. Civ. P. 26 and a description of the disclosures made.

8. Discovery: Discovery taken to date, if any, the scope of anticipated discovery, any proposed

limitations or modifications of the discovery rules, and a proposed discovery plan pursuant to Fed.

R. Civ. P. 26(f).

9. Class Actions: If a class action, a proposal for how and when the class will be certified.

10. Related Cases: Any related cases or proceedings pending before another judge of this court,

or before another court or administrative body.

11. Relief: All relief sought through complaint or counterclaim, including the amount of any

damages sought and a description of the bases on which damages are calculated. In addition, any

party from whom damages are sought must describe the bases on which it contends damages should

be calculated if liability is established. 

12. Settlement and ADR: Prospects for settlement, ADR efforts to date, and a specific ADR plan

for the case, including compliance with ADR L.R. 3-5 and a description of key discovery or motions

necessary to position the parties to negotiate a resolution.

13. Consent to Magistrate Judge For All Purposes: Whether all parties will consent to have a

magistrate judge conduct all further proceedings including trial and entry of judgment.

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14. Other References: Whether the case is suitable for reference to binding arbitration, a special

master, or the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation.

15. Narrowing of Issues: Issues that can be narrowed by agreement or by motion, suggestions to

expedite the presentation of evidence at trial (e.g., through summaries or stipulated facts), and any

request to bifurcate issues, claims, or defenses.

16. Expedited Schedule: Whether this is the type of case that can be handled on an expedited

basis with streamlined procedures. 

17. Scheduling: Proposed dates for designation of experts, discovery cutoff, hearing of

dispositive motions, pretrial conference and trial.

18. Trial: Whether the case will be tried to a jury or to the court and the expected length of the

trial.

19. Disclosure of Non-party Interested Entities or Persons: Whether each party has filed the

“Certification of Interested Entities or Persons” required by Civil Local Rule 3-16. In addition, each party must restate in the case management statement the contents of its certification by

identifying any persons, firms, partnerships, corporations (including parent corporations) or other

entities known by the party to have either: (i) a financial interest in the subject matter in

controversy or in a party to the proceeding; or (ii) any other kind of interest that could be

substantially affected by the outcome of the proceeding.

20. Such other matters as may facilitate the just, speedy and inexpensive disposition of this

matter.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FIELDS,

Plaintiff,

 v.

WOODFORD et al,

Defendant. /

Case Number: CV05-00870 CW 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. District

Court, Northern District of California.

That on October 25, 2007, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by placing said

copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by depositing said

envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery receptacle

located in the Clerk's office.

Kevin E. Fields P83425

4A-2R -25L

CSP-Corcoran

P.O. Box 3476

Corcoran, CA 93212-3481

Michael James Quinn

California State Attorney General's Office

Correctional Law Section

455 Golden Gate Avenue, Suite 11000

San Francisco, CA 94102-7004

Thomas V. Loran, III, Esq.

Jonathan D. Butler

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

P.O. Box 7880

San Francisco, CA 94120-7880

Dated: October 25, 2007

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: Sheilah Cahill, Deputy Clerk

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