ELLIS v. Johnson & Johnson et al

Filing 34

Order re Motion to Withdraw and denying 33 Stipulation to Dismiss, by Hon. Vince Chhabria.(knm, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 5/28/2015)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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SHEILA ELLIS,

Case No. 14-cv-05669-VC

Plaintiff,
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v.

ORDER RE MOTION TO WITHDRAW
AND STIPULATION TO DISMISS

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JOHNSON & JOHNSON, et al.,
Defendants.

United States District Court
Northern District of California

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In this and two other related cases, counsel for the plaintiff have filed a motion to

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withdraw. In each motion, counsel assert that they have lost contact with the plaintiff.

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Subsequently, in each of these three cases, counsel for the plaintiff filed a stipulated request to

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dismiss the case without prejudice. Each stipulated request repeats that counsel for the plaintiff

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have lost touch with their client. And each stipulated request is worded identically. These filings

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give rise to a number of questions that prevent this Court from approving the stipulated request for

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dismissal in this case (or the stipulated request for dismissal in the two related cases).

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Accordingly, the stipulated request is denied, and counsel for both sides should be prepared to

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explain, at the hearing on the motion to withdraw, what is going on here.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: May 28, 2015
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VINCE CHHABRIA
United States District Judge