Opinion
2:23-cv-825
12-18-2023
GURDEEP SUNGH BOPARAI, Plaintiff, v. AUBURN POLICE DEPARTMENT, Defendant.
ORDER APPOINTING COUNSEL
Jamal N. Whitehead, United States District Judge.
The Court GRANTS Plaintiff Gurdeep Sungh Boparai's motion for appointment of counsel. Dkt. No. 12. The Court APPOINTS Austin Popham and Harold A. Malkin, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, 1301 Second Avenue, Suite 2800, Seattle, WA, 98101, (206) 274-6400, Austin.Popham@morganlewis.com and Harold.Malkin@morganlewis.com, as pro bono counsel for Boparai. The appointment is made under the Plan of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington for the Representation of Pro Se Litigants in Civil Rights Actions. See General Order No. 16-20 (Jan. 1, 2021), https://www. wawd.uscourts.gov/sites/wawd/files/GO16-20AmendedProBonoPlan.pdf.
Counsel are directed to file Notices of Appearance within seven (7) calendar days of the date below. If counsel cannot assume this representation for a reason contemplated by the Civil Rules, a motion for relief from appointment should immediately be filed with the assigned judge.
The Clerk is directed to send a copy of this Order to counsel for the parties.