(PC) Gleason v. CDCR ( 2024 )

2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 10 THOMAS LEE GLEASON, JR., No. 2:20-cv-00775-KJM-CKD 11 Plaintiff, ORDER 12 v. 13 J. ROMARY, ET AL., 14 Defendants. 15 16 Plaintiff is a former state prisoner who, proceeding pro se, filed this civil rights action 17 under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The court found appointment of counsel for plaintiff was warranted for 18 the limited purpose of representing plaintiff at a settlement conference. The court selected Calvin 19 J. Massey from the Court’s Pro Bono Attorney Panel to represent plaintiff for this limited 20 purpose. See ECF No. 85. The case did not settle. See Mins., ECF No. 90. The court finds 21 exceptional circumstances exist to warrant the appointment of counsel during the pendency of the 22 remaining proceedings in this court. See Palmer v. Valdez, 560 F.3d 965, 970 (9th Cir. 2009). 23 Attorney Massey has agreed to continue representation of plaintiff in this case. 24 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 25 1. The appointment of Calvin J. Massey as pro bono counsel for plaintiff is hereby continued 26 for the entirety of proceedings in this court. 27 2. A final pretrial conference is set for May 17, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. The parties shall meet 28 and confer and file a joint status report twenty-one (21) days prior to the final pretrial 1 2 conference addressing matters the court should consider in setting a trial date. See E.D. 3 Cal. L.R. 281, 282; Fed. R. Civ. P. 16. 4 IT IS SO ORDERED. 5 | DATED: March 5, 2024. 6 3 CHIEF ED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28