Payne v. Merced County Public Defender's Office et al

Filing 94

ORDER GRANTING 92 Substitution of Attorney, signed by Magistrate Judge Barbara A. McAuliffe on 05/08/2024. Attorney Mandy Louise Jeffcoach for Thomas Pfeiff added. Attorney Thomas Milton Pfeiff terminated. (Maldonado, C)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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JACOB PAYNE,

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Plaintiff,

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ORDER GRANTING SUBSTITUTION OF
ATTORNEY (Docs. 40, 92)

v.
MERCED COUNTY PUBLIC
DEFENDER’S OFFICE, et al.,
Defendants.

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On March 7, 2024, the Court granted the request of Defendant Thomas Pfeiff to be

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Case No. 1:22-cv-00157-BAM

substituted as his own counsel of record in place of attorney Mandy L. Jeffcoach. (Doc. 90.)

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On May 7, 2024, Defendant Pfeiff filed a substitution of counsel and proposed order to

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substitute Mandy L. Jeffcoach of Whitney, Thompson & Jeffcoach LLP as counsel of record in

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his place. (Doc. 92.) The request for substitution of Mandy L. Jeffcoach as counsel of record for

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Defendant Thomas Pfeiff is GRANTED.1

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated:

/s/ Barbara

May 8, 2024

A. McAuliffe

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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Due to a ministerial error, Defendant Pfeiff’s July 11, 2022 request for substitution of Mandy L.
Jeffcoach in place of counsel Kimberly G. Flores was not addressed on the docket. (Doc. 40.) To
remediate the error, the July 11, 2022 request for substitution is granted nunc pro tunc, terminating
attorney Kimberly G. Flores as counsel of record for Defendant Pfeiff.
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