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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
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

THOMAS RAY WOODSON,

Plaintiff,

 v.

J. RODRIGUEZ, et al.,

Defendants.

 /

No. C 07-4925 CW (PR)

ORDER REFERRING CASE TO

FEDERAL PRO BONO PROJECT;

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 having located

volunteer counsel willing to be appointed to represent Plaintiff, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff's excessive force claim

against Defendants Rodriguez, Camarena, Parra, Vega and Kircher

shall be referred to the Court's Federal Pro Bono Project, and that

Catharine Baker, Esq. (SBN 210011) and Matthew Kreeger, Esq. (SBN

153793) of Morrison & Foerster is 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 Ms.

Baker at Morrison & Foerster, 425 Market Street, San Francisco,

California 94101-2492. The Clerk of the Court shall also send a

copy of this Order to Plaintiff, and to Defendants' counsel. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT a case management conference will

be held on May 11, 2010, at 2:00 p.m. The parties must submit a

joint Case Management Conference Statement no later than seven (7)

days prior to the Case Management Conference that complies with the

attached Standing Order for All Judges of the Northern District of

California and the Standing Order of this Court.

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In light of the appointment of counsel, Plaintiff's pending

motion to compel discovery (docket no. 58) is DENIED WITHOUT

PREJUDICE to refiling by counsel if counsel deems it advisable.

This Order terminates Docket no. 58.

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: 4/30/2010 

CLAUDIA WILKEN

United States District Judge

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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.

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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.

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

THOMAS RAY WOODSON,

Plaintiff,

 v.

J. RODRIGUEZ et al,

Defendant. /

Case Number: CV07-04925 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 April 30, 2010, 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.

Thomas Ray Woodson P-76095

"C" Facility Calipatria State Prison 

Calipatria, CA 92253 

Catharine Baker, Esq.

Morrison & Foerster

425 Market Street

San Francisco, CA 94101-2492 

Jose Alfonso Zelidon-Zepeda 

Department of Justice 

455 Golden Gate Avenue 

Suite 11000 

San Francisco, CA 94102 

Dated: April 30, 2010

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: Nikki Riley, Deputy Clerk

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