Duffy v. Bailey

Filing 14

ORDER granting 13 Motion for special, temporary admission to practice before the Court. Signed by Magistrate Judge Thomas B. Smith on 6/20/2016. (Smith, Thomas)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
ORLANDO DIVISION
JORDAN DUFFY,
Petitioner,
v.

Case No: 6:16-cv-1047-Orl-40TBS

TAYLOR ANN BAILEY,
Respondent.
ORDER
This case comes before the Court on Respondent’s Motion for Instanter
Temporary Admission for Temporary Admission [sic] to Middle District of Florida (Doc.
13). Petitioner does not oppose the motion (Id. at 3).
Petitioner brings this action pursuant to The Convention on the Civil Aspects of
International Child Abduction done at The Hague on October 25, 1980, to secure the
return of a minor child to Scotland (Doc. 1, ¶¶ 1-3). The Court has set the matter for
hearing on June 21, 2016 (Doc. 7).
Respondent has engaged attorney Mark S. Troum to represent her in this
proceeding (Doc. 13). Mr. Troum is not a member of the bar of the Middle District of
Florida (Id.). He has applied for admission to practice in this district and is currently
scheduled for admission on July 14, 2016 (Id., ¶ 6).
Due to the expedited nature of this proceeding, Mr. Troum seeks temporary
admission to practice before the Court pursuant to M.D. Fla. Rule 2.02(d) which provides:
In an extraordinary circumstance (such as the hearing of an
emergency matter) a lawyer who is not a member of the
Middle District bar may move instanter for temporary
admission provided the lawyer appears eligible for

membership in the Middle District bar and simultaneously
initiates proceedings for general or special admission to the
Middle District bar. Temporary admission expires in thirty
days or upon determination of the application for general or
special admission, whichever is earlier.
The Court finds that this is an extraordinary circumstance, the motion is
GRANTED, and Mr. Troum is ADMITTED to the Middle District bar instanter. His
admission expires 30 days from the date of this Order, or upon determination of his
application for general admission, whichever occurs first.
The Middle District of Florida utilizes a case management electronic filing system
(“CM/ECF”). Within ten (10) days of the date of this Order, Mr. Troum shall register to
participate and docket in CM/ECF or show cause in writing within that time frame why he
is unable to participate.
Any attorney appearing in this Court pursuant to M.D. FLA. R. 2.02(a) “shall be
deemed to be familiar with, and shall be familiar with, and shall be governed by, these
[local] rules in general, including Rule 2.04 hereof in particular; and shall also be deemed
to be familiar with and governed by the Code of Professional Responsibility and other
ethical limitations or requirements then governing the professional behavior of members
of The Florida Bar.” M.D. FLA. R. 2.02(c).
DONE and ORDERED in Orlando, Florida on June 20, 2016.

Copies furnished to Counsel of Record

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