Phillips v. The County of Sonoma

Filing 5

ORDER re 4 MOTION to Substitute Attorney and Proposed Order filed by E. C. Phillips, III. Signed by Judge Maria-Elena James on 5/31/2012. (cdnS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 5/31/2012)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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Northern District of California

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E.C. PHILLIPS, III,

No. C 12-1533 MEJ
Plaintiff,

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ORDER RE PLAINTIFF’S
REQUEST TO SUBSTITUTE
COUNSEL

THE COUNTY OF SONOMA,
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Defendant.
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For the Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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Before the Court is Plaintiff E.C. Phillips III’s request for the Court to approve the

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substitution of himself as his own counsel of record in the place of his current counsel, Goins &

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Associates PLC. As part of his request, Plaintiff has included his email address. Given the

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inclusion of his email address, it is unclear whether Plaintiff wishes to be an Electronic Case Filing

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(ECF) User. Accordingly, the Court defers ruling on the substitution until Plaintiff either registers

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as an ECF User or files notice that he wishes to file documents and receive notification manually.

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Accordingly, the Court ORDERS Plaintiff to do one of the following by June 11, 2012:

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Plaintiff shall register as an Electronic Case Filing User on the Court’s website. Specifically,

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Plaintiff must follow the registration procedure set forth at

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https://ecf.cand.uscourts.gov/cand/newreg/index.html. Once Plaintiff completes the

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registration procedure and receives an e-filing password from the ECF Help Desk, Plaintiff

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shall electronically file a notice stating that the e-filing password has been received. If such

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notice is filed, Plaintiff may thereafter file documents electronically and will not need to

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manually serve Defendant, and Defendant shall be relieved of its duty to serve Plaintiff with

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paper copies of any electronically-filed documents.

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OR

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Plaintiff shall file a notice stating that he does not wish to register as an ECF User. If

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Plaintiff chooses not to register as an ECF User, Plaintiff must manually file all documents

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with the Court and serve them on Defendant, and all documents from the Court and

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Defendant shall continue to be manually served on Plaintiff.

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Upon completion of (1) or (2) above, the Court shall rule upon the substitution request.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: May 31, 2012
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Maria-Elena James
Chief United States Magistrate Judge

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For the Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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