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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

JOHN DOUGLAS HUNTER,

Plaintiff,

v.

MIKE SOKOLOFF, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 14-cv-05031-JST 

ORDER REOPENING CASE; 

APPOINTING PRO BONO COUNSEL; 

SETTING CASE MANAGEMENT 

CONFERENCE; DIRECTIONS TO 

CLERK

Plaintiff, a state prisoner incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison and proceeding pro se, 

filed this civil rights complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Per order filed August 23, 2018, the 

Court referred Plaintiff to the Federal Pro Bono Project (“FPBP”) to find a volunteer attorney to 

represent him. ECF No. 82. FPBP has informed the Court that attorneys Jennifer Seraphine (State 

Bar No. 245463), Louis Wai (State Bar No. 295089), and Joshua Rayes (State Bar No. 316208) of 

Turner Boyd, 702 Marshall Street, Suite 640, Redwood City, California 94063 have agreed to 

serve as appointed pro bono counsel for Plaintiff in this action. The Court is grateful for the firm’s 

interest and commitment and, good cause shown, APPOINTS Jennifer Seraphine, Louis Wai, and 

Joshua Rayes of Turner Boyd as counsel for Plaintiff in this matter pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 

1915(e)(1). The scope of this referral shall be for all purposes for the duration of this case. 

The Clerk shall reopen this case and set this matter for a case management conference on 

October 31, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. All proceedings in this action are stayed until that time. The 

purpose of the stay is to permit volunteer counsel sufficient time to meet and interview Plaintiff 

and review the case file. In light of the appointment of counsel for him and Plaintiff’s custodial 

status, Plaintiff need not attend the case management conference. The parties shall file a joint case 

management statement no later than seven calendar days before the case management conference.

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The Clerk shall add Plaintiff’s appointed counsel to the docket. Counsel shall be familiar 

with General Order No. 25 and the Federal Pro Bono Project Guidelines posted on the Court’s 

website. The Clerk shall also serve a copy of this order upon Plaintiff and upon counsel for both 

parties. The Clerk shall also send a copy of this order to FPBP.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 12, 2018

______________________________________

JON S. TIGAR

United States District Judge

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