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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Federal Question: Bivens Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SHANNON WILLIAMS,

Plaintiff,

v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Defendant.

Case No. 1:16-cv-01540-DAD-HBK (PC)

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

TO THE LIMITED EXTENT SET FORTH 

HEREIN 

(Doc. No. 189)

On April 24, 2024, the Court granted Plaintiff’s pro bono counsel Carter C. White’s 

motion to withdraw as attorney of record. (Doc. No. 164). On July 9, 2024, the District Court 

denied Plaintiff’s Motion for Reconsideration of the April 24, 2024 Order. ( Doc. No. 170). On 

August 26, 2024, the Court directed Plaintiff’s former pro bono counsel to “mail a copy of 

Plaintiff’s case file and any other materials related to this case to Plaintiff’s address of record.”

(Doc. No. 177 at 2 ¶ 1). On December 2, 2024, Plaintiff filed a Notice seeking a court order 

directing “attorney Carter C. White to turn over all the information and notes including the 

resolvement [sic] of the discovery dispute of March 8, 2023 . . .” (Doc. No. 189 at 1). Liberally 

construed, Plaintiff contends that former pro bono counsel has not provided all the materials 

related to his case, specifically those related to his claims that “Defendants have removed, 

destroyed and withheld all of the video evidence that would substantiate his claim . . .” (Id.).

In the event former pro bono counsel did not already provide all case materials to his 

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former client, he is directed to do so upon service of this Order. Former counsel is further 

directed to file a notice of compliance with this Order and the August 26, 2024 Order, certifying 

that all materials have been provided to Plaintiff.

Accordingly, it is ORDERED:

1. Plaintiff’s Motion is GRANTED (Doc. No. 189) to the limited extent that Plaintiff’s 

former pro bono counsel, Carter C. White, is directed to mail a copy of any remaining 

materials not previously provided and related to Plaintiff’s case to his address of 

record:

Shannon Williams

13947-047 

MCCREARY 

U.S. PENITENTIARY 

Inmate Mail/Parcels 

P.O. BOX 3000 

PINE KNOT, KY 42635

2. No later than December 20, 2024, Mr. White shall file a Notice of Compliance with 

this Order and the August 26, 2024 Order, certifying that all case materials have been 

provided to Plaintiff.

3. Because Plaintiff’s former counsel has been terminated from this action, the Clerk of 

Court is directed to email former counsel at ccwhite@ucdavis.edu as well as mail a

copy of this order and Plaintiff’s December 2, 2024 Notice to counsel’s address of 

record:

Carter Capps White 

King Hall Civil Rights Clinic 

UC Davis School of Law 

One Shields Avenue, Bldg. TB 30 

Davis, CA 95616

Dated: December 13, 2024 

HELENA M. BARCH-KUCHTA

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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