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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

CARLOS A. ORTEGA,

Plaintiff,

v.

JOSE VILLAGOMEZ, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 14-cv-03783-HSG (PR) 

ORDER APPOINTING COUNSEL

Per order filed on April 6, 2016, the court referred plaintiff to the Federal Pro Bono Project 

(“FPBP”) to find a volunteer attorney to represent him. FPBP has informed the court that attorney

Matthew Borden of Braun Hagey & Borden LLP, 220 Sansome Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, 

CA 94104, has 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 

Matthew Borden of Braun Hagey & Borden LLP 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. 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 set this matter for a case management conference within 120 days of this 

order. All proceedings in this action are stayed until that time. 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 is further directed to add plaintiff’s appointed counsel to the docket and 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:

HAYWOOD S. GILLIAM, JR.

United States District Judge

4/12/2016

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