McMurray v. County of Sacramento et al

Filing 27

ORDER signed by Judge Garland E. Burrell, Jr. on 05/06/10 ORDERING that plf's counsel's 25 Motion to Withdraw as Attorney is GRANTED; Valetta Murphy now represents herself in this case. Clerk to delete the Law Office of John L. Burris from the service list; add and serve Valetta Murphy and designate this case as pro se. This case is REFERRED to the magistrate judge. The 06/28/10 hearing on this Motion is VACATED. (Benson, A.)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 VALETTA McMURRAY, 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO, Sheriff JOHN ) McGINESS; Deputy Sheriffs JAVIER ) BUSTAMANTE, V. CANDIDO, L. CULP; ) and DOES 1 though 100, inclusive, ) ) ) Defendants. ) ) 2:09-cv-002245-GEB-GGH ORDER ON COUNSELS' MOTION TO WITHDRAW

Plaintiff's attorneys John L. Burris and Steven R. Yourke of the Law Offices of John L. Burris, filed a motion to withdraw as counsel for Plaintiff on April 9, 2010. (Docket No. 25.) The

attorneys have provided Plaintiff's last known address in their withdrawal motion. (Yourke Decl. ¶ 3.) Mr. Yourke avers in his

declaration supporting the motion that on March 1, 2010, after reviewing relevant documents produced by defendants, he discussed the case with Plaintiff, and "explained to her what [he] saw as the relative merits of the case some potential difficulties." (Id. ¶ 2.)

Mr. Yourke avers there is "a serious disagreement about how to proceed 1

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with this case."

(Id.)

He further avers he has sent a copy of the (Id. ¶ 3.)

motion to withdraw to Plaintiff's current address.

Plaintiff's counsels' motion to withdraw as attorney of record is GRANTED. Valetta Murphy now represents herself in this case. The

Clerk of Court shall delete the Law Office of John L. Burris from the service list; add Valetta Murphy to the service list (her address is 1160 Evelyn Lane, No. 16, Sacramento, California 95864); designate this case as a pro se case,; and serve this Order on Valetta Murphy. This case is referred to the magistrate judge under Local Rule 302(c)(21). The hearing scheduled for June 28, 2010 before the

undersigned judge is vacated. Dated: May 6, 2010

GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR. United States District Judge

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