LUKOIL NORTH AMERICA LLC v. FINOCHETTI
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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE granting 24 Motion to Withdraw as Counsel for Plaintiff. (Withdrawing counsel shall notify their clients in-house counsel of this Order and certify to the court that they have done so.) By JUDGE D. BROCK HORNBY. (jib)
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MAINE
LUKOIL NORTH AMERICA, LLC,
PLAINTIFF
V.
JOHN V. FINOCHETTI,
DEFENDANT
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CIVIL NO. 2:16-CV-399-DBH
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
Since no objection has been filed (and the lawyers have notified their
client), the motion to withdraw as counsel for plaintiff (ECF No. 24) is GRANTED.
Granting the motion leaves this limited liability company without legal
representation in this court. Under First Circuit law, an LLC cannot proceed in
federal court without counsel of record. Hooper-Haas v. Ziegler Holdings, LLC,
690 F.3d 34, 41 n.2 (1st Cir. 2012); Rowland v. Cal. Men’s Colony, 506 U.S. 194,
201-02 (1993). Accordingly, the plaintiff shall SHOW CAUSE by May 9, 2017, why
this case should not be dismissed for failure to prosecute. Withdrawing counsel
shall notify their client’s in-house counsel of this Order and certify to the court
that they have done so.
SO ORDERED.
DATED THIS 25TH DAY OF APRIL, 2017
/S/D. BROCK HORNBY
D. BROCK HORNBY
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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