Catar Clinic of Hot Springs LLC et al v. Robinson et al

Filing 114

ORDER granting 111 Motion. Luther Oneal Sutter is substituted as counsel of record for Tiffany Terry. 112 Motion is partly granted and partly denied without prejudice. Worsham is relieved as counsel of record for the individual defendants - Robin son, Terry, and Jane Doe #1. The remaining defendants though need new counsel before Worsham can be relieved. New counsel must appear as soon as practicable but no later than 2/23/2018. Worsham must remain counsel of record for the entities until another lawyer appears for them. Signed by Judge D. P. Marshall Jr. on 1/22/2018. (jak)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS
WESTERN DIVISION
CAT AR CLINIC OF HOT SPRINGS,
LLC, and STOCKTON MEDICAL
GROUP, LTD.

v.

PLAINTIFFS/
COUNTER-DEFENDANTS

No. 4:17-cv-520-DPM

THOMAS F. ROBINSON, M.D.; TIFFANY
TERRY; ARKANSAS RECOVERY CLINIC;
ARC REHABILITATION CENTER, P.A.;
CSCB REHABILITATION MANAGEMENT
GROUP, LLC; ADDICTION RECOVERY
CARE OF LITTLE ROCK; ARC CLINIC;
and JANE DOE #1
ARC REHABILITATION CENTER, P.A.;
THOMAS F. ROBINSON, M.D.; CSCB
REHABILITATION MANAGEMENT
GROUP, LLC; and TIFFANY TERRY

DEFENDANTS

COUNTER-PLAINTIFFS
RESPONDENT

CHASE STEPPIG
ORDER
1.

Motion, NQ 111, granted. Luther Oneal Sutter is substituted

as counsel of record for Tiffany Terry.
2.

Motion, NQ 112, partly granted and partly denied without

prejudice. Worsham is relieved as counsel of record for the individual
defendants-Robinson, Terry, and Jane Doe #1.

The remaining

defendants, though, need new counsel before Worsham can be

relieved. Whether federal or state law applies to this issue, an entity
can't be prose. 28 U.S.C. § 1654; Rowland v. California Men's Colony, Unit

II Men's Advisory Council, 506 U.S. 194, 202 (1993); ARK. CODE ANN. §
16-22-211(a); De Soto Gathering Company LLC v. Hill, 2017 Ark. 326, 401
(2017). New counsel for the entity defendants-Arkansas Recovery
Clinic;

ARC Rehabilitation Center, P.A.;

CSCB Rehabilitation

Management Group, LLC; Addiction Recovery Care of Little Rock;
and ARC Clinic- must appear as soon as practicable and no later than
23 February 2018. Worsham must remain counsel of record for the
entities until another lawyer appears for them.
So Ordered.
D.P. Marshall Jr.P
United States District Judge

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