ABS-CBN Corporation et al v. Orven Mercado et al

Filing 22

MEMORANDUM Order; Patterson Law Firm, LLC has filed a motion for leave to withdraw Stephanie Simpson as counsel for defendants in this action (the "Motion," Dkt. No. 21), based on the inability of defendants to continue paying counsel� 39;s legal fees. Such inadequacy is not of course a subject to be addressed by this Court. It simply grants the Motion, for it consistently views such motions (whether initiated by a lawyer or by a dissatisfied client) as the equivalent of no-fau lt divorce, for in either event it would be inappropriate to compel the two to be linked together. As for defendants, they are ordered to obtain new counsel on or before August 3, 2017, and a status hearing is set for 9 a.m. on that date. Signed by the Honorable Milton I. Shadur on 7/11/2017:Mailed notice(clw, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
EASTERN DIVISION

ABS-CBN CORPORATION, a Philippines
Corporation, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
v.
MARK ORVEN MERCADO, an Individual
and PINOY GRILL, LLC, an Illinois Limited
Liability Company,
Defendants.

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Case No. 16 C 11448

MEMORANDUM ORDER
Patterson Law Firm, LLC has filed a motion for leave to withdraw Stephanie Simpson as
counsel for defendants in this action (the "Motion," Dkt. No. 21), based on the inability of
defendants to continue paying counsel's legal fees. Such inadequacy is not of course a subject to
be addressed by this Court. It simply grants the Motion, for it consistently views such motions
(whether initiated by a lawyer or by a dissatisfied client) as the equivalent of no-fault divorce, for
in either event it would be inappropriate to compel the two to be linked together. As for
defendants, they are ordered to obtain new counsel on or before August 3, 2017, and a status
hearing is set for 9 a.m. on that date.

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Milton I. Shadur
Senior United States District Judge
Date: July 11, 2017