Quantum Capital Funding Corporation v. PDI Group, Inc. et al

Filing 37

ORDER signed by Senior Judge William B. Shubb on 8/28/2020 REFERRING Case to the assigned magistrate judge, Judge Kendall J. Newman pursuant to Local Rule 302(c)(21), for all further proceedings consistent with the provisions of the rule. All pending dates and deadlines, as well as the 9/8/2020 hearing date on plaintiff's 36 Motion to Continue Trial now set before the undersigned are hereby VACATED. (York, M)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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QUANTUM CAPITAL FUNDING
CORPORATION, a California
corporation,
Plaintiff,

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ORDER RE: REFERRAL OF MATTER
TO MAGISTRATE

v.

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No. 2:18-cv-03279 WBS KJN

PDI GROUP, INC., a Missouri
corporation, RG GROUP, LLC, a
Missouri limited liability
company; JOHN F. GEHM, JR., an
individual; JOHN F. GEHM, III,
an individual; and DOES 1
through 25, inclusive,
Defendants.

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On April 29, 2020, the Court granted the motion of

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Teresa M. Beck and Briana M. Pendergrass to withdraw as counsel

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for defendants RG Group, LLC, and John F. Gehm, III.

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29.)

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183(a), “[a] corporation . . . may appear only by an attorney”

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and ordered them to retain new counsel within fourteen days to

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The Court admonished defendants that under Local Rule

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proceed through the remainder of litigation.

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Id.

As of the date of this Order, all defendants, including

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RG Group, LLC and John F. Gehm, III, have not retained counsel,

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and are appearing pro se.

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302(c)(21), this case is hereby referred to the assigned

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magistrate judge, Judge Kendall J. Newman, for all further

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proceedings consistent with the provisions of the rule.

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pending dates and deadlines, as well as the September 8, 2020

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hearing date on plaintiff’s Motion to Continue Trial now set

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before the undersigned are hereby VACATED.

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Accordingly, pursuant to Local Rule

IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:

August 28, 2020

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