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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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Case No.: 5:15-cv-06211-EJD

ORDER APPOINTING PRO BONO COUNSEL FOR LIMITED SCOPE REPRESENTATION

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

SIONE S. HOKO,

Plaintiff,

v.

TRANSIT AMERICA SERVICES, INC.,

Defendant.

Case No. 5:15-cv-06211-EJD 

ORDER APPOINTING PRO BONO 

COUNSEL FOR LIMITED SCOPE 

REPRESENTATION

Pro se Plaintiff Sione S. Hoko (“Plaintiff”) filed a Motion to Appoint Counsel seeking 

limited scope representation for an upcoming court-ordered settlement conference. Dkt. No. 32. 

On July 26, 2016, the court referred the case to the Federal Pro Bono Project (the “Project”) to 

locate counsel for Plaintiff. The Project has informed the court that Leeron Morad and Johanna 

Calabria, both of Durie Tangri LLP, 217 Leidesdorff Street, San Francisco, California, 94111, 

have agreed to serve as appointed pro bono counsel for Plaintiff. 

Accordingly, Leeron Morad and Johanna Calabria are hereby APPOINTED as counsel for 

Plaintiff pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1) and this court’s Federal Pro Bono Project guidelines,

for the limited scope of representing Plaintiff at the court-ordered settlement conference with 

Magistrate Judge Nathanael Cousins. Appointed counsels’ representation of Plaintiff shall cease 

upon completion of the settlement conference proceeding.

As previously ordered, the deadline for completion of the settlement conference is 

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Case No.: 5:15-cv-06211-EJD

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September 30, 2016. The parties shall contact Judge Cousin's Courtroom Deputy to reschedule 

the conference.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 5, 2016

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EDWARD J. DAVILA

United States District Judge

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