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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Employment Discrimination

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ALIK YUSEF LEE, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES 

COMMISSION, et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 16-cv-00983-VC (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 the 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 

 X settlement conference 

 briefing and hearing on the following motion (e.g., motion for 

summary judgment or motion to dismiss): ___________________________ 

_____________________________________________________________ 

 discovery as follows: 

_____________________________________________________________ 

_____________________________________________________________ 

 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 the 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: June 28, 2016 

 

ELIZABETH D. LAPORTE 

United States Magistrate Judge 

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