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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

TERRI ADAMS,

 Plaintiff, 

vs.

CITY OF HAYWARD, et al.,

 Defendants.

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Case Number: 14-cv-5482-KAW

ORDER REFERRING LITIGANT TO 

FEDERAL PRO BONO PROJECT AND 

STAYING PROCEEDINGS PENDING 

APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL

The Plaintiff having requested and 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 Order 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. 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.

3. All proceedings in this action are hereby stayed until four weeks from the date an 

attorney is appointed to represent Plaintiff in this action.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 01/11/16

United States Magistrate Judge

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