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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

WENDY WOODWARD, 

 Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

COUNTY OF ALAMEDA, et al., 

 Defendants. 

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Case Number: 15-cv-01273 HSG (EDL) 

ORDER REFERRING LITIGANT TO 

FEDERAL PRO BONO PROJECT 

The Plaintiff being in need of counsel to assist him/her in this matter and good and just 

cause appearing, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff shall be referred to the Federal Pro Bono 

Project (“Project”) in the manner set forth below: 

1. The clerk shall forward the Referral Form to the appropriate Project office, San 

Francisco or San Jose, determined by whether the referring judge is located in the 

San Francisco/Oakland or San Jose division, a notice of referral of the case 

pursuant to the Guidelines of the Project for referral to a volunteer attorney. The 

scope of this referral shall be for: 

 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: 

_____________________________________________________________ 

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 other: 

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2. Upon being notified by the Project that an attorney has been located to represent 

the Plaintiff, that attorney shall be appointed as counsel for Plaintiff in this matter 

for the scope of representation described above. If the appointment of counsel is 

for limited purposes, the Court shall issue an order relieving the volunteer 

attorney from the limited representation of the litigant once those purposes have 

been fulfilled. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: November 4, 2015 

 

 United States Magistrate Judge 

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