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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 

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

OAKLAND DIVISION 

EDDIE L. YOUNG, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

C. J. CHAPMAN, et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 11-cv-01083-SBA (PR) 

ORDER APPOINTING COUNSEL; 

REOPENING ACTION; AND SETTING 

CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

Having determined that it would be beneficial to have counsel assist Plaintiff in this 

matter and having located volunteer counsel willing to represent Plaintiff, the Court orders 

as follows: 

(1) Courtland Reichman, Esq. (SBN 268873), Bahrad Sokhansanj, Esq. 

(SBN 285185) and Joachim Steinberg, Esq. (SBN 298066) of McKool Smith Hennigan, 

P.C. 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 scope of this 

referral shall be for: 

X all purposes for the duration of the case 

 the limited purpose of representing the litigant in the course of 

 mediation 

 early neutral evaluation 

 settlement conference 

 briefing and hearing on the following motion (e.g., motion for 

summary judgment or motion to dismiss): 

_________________________________________________________ 

 discovery as follows: 

_________________________________________________________ 

 other: 

_________________________________________________________ 

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(2) The Clerk of the Court shall REOPEN this action, which had previously 

been administratively closed pending appointment of counsel. 

(3) All further proceedings will be stayed for four (4) 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. 

(4) The parties shall appear for a telephonic Case Management Conference on 

Wednesday, October 5, 2016 at 2:30 p.m. 

(5) At least seven (7) calendar days prior to the Case Management Conference, 

the parties shall meet and confer and file a Joint Case Management Conference Statement 

in accordance with Civil Local Rule 16-9. 

(6) Plaintiff’s counsel shall be responsible for filing the Joint Case Management 

Statement and setting up the conference call. At the date and time indicated above, 

Plaintiff’s counsel shall call (510) 879-3550 with all parties on the line. NO PARTY 

SHALL OTHERWISE CONTACT CHAMBERS DIRECTLY WITHOUT PRIOR 

AUTHORIZATION OF THE COURT. 

(7) The Clerk shall send a copy of this Order to Attorneys Reichman, 

Sokhansanj and Steinberg at McKool Smith Hennigan, P.C., 255 Shoreline Drive #510, 

Redwood Shores, CA 94065. The Clerk shall also send a copy of this Order to Plaintiff 

and Defendants’ counsel. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: 7/15/16 ______________________________ 

SAUNDRA BROWN ARMSTRONG 

Senior United States District Judge 

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