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Parties Involved:
El Cerrito Police Department
Defendant
Mario Guzman
Defendant
Michael C. Johnson
Plaintiff
Chi Lee
Defendant

Document Text:

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MICHAEL C. JOHNSON, 

Plaintiff, 

 v.

EL CERRITO POLICE

DEPARTMENT; CHI LEE; MARIO

GUZMAN,

Defendants.

/

No. C 15-2207 WHA (PR) 

ORDER APPOINTING PRO BONO

COUNSEL

Plaintiff having been found in need of counsel to assist him in this matter, and counsel

willing to be appointed to represent Plaintiff having been located, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT: Melanie Blunschi (#234264), Whitney Weber

(#281160), Reuben Stob (#281303) and the law firm of Latham & Watkins LLP, are appointed

as counsel for plaintiff pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1915(e)(1) and the court's Federal Pro Bono Project

guidelines.

Counsel shall be familiar with General Order No. 25 and the Federal Pro Bono Project

Guidelines posted on the court’s website at http://www.cand.uscourts.gov.

Pursuant to Rule 16(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the parties, by counsel,

are hereby ordered to appear at a Case Management Conference before the undersigned on

November 17, 2016, at 11:00 a.m. in Courtroom No. 9, 19th Floor, 450 Golden Gate Avenue,

San Francisco, California, for the purpose of setting trial and pretrial dates. No later than

November 10, 2016, the parties shall file a joint case management statement pursuant to Civil

Local Rule 16-9. Any request to reschedule the date of the conference must be made in writing

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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upon a showing of good cause, preferably by stipulation, and not later than November 7, 2016.

The clerk shall add plaintiff’s appointed counsel to the docket, and serve a copy of this

order upon counsel for both parties. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 6, 2016. 

WILLIAM ALSUP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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