DiFrancesco v. Bullock et al

Filing 8

ORDER granting 2 Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice ; granting 4 Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice Acknowledgment of PHV Order due by 9/26/2017. Signed by Judge Sam E Haddon on 9/11/2017. (ELL)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF MONTANA

FILED
SEP 1 1 20!7

BUTTE DIVISION
MICHAEL DIFRANCESCO, on
behalf of l)imself and others similarly
situated,

Clerk, U.S. District Court
District Of Montana
Helena

No. CV-17-66-BU-SEH

Plaintiff,
ORDER
vs.

STEVE BULLOCK, in his official
capacity as Governor of Montana;
TIM FOX, in his official capacity as
Attorney General of Montana;
SARAH GARCIA, in her official
capacity as Administrator of the Motor
Vehicle Division; and
MICHELE SNOWBERGER, in her
official capacity as Bureau Chief of the
Driver Services Bureau
Defendants.

Plaintiff has moved for admission of Phil Telfeyan, Esq. 1 ("Telfeyan") and
Rebecca Ramaswamy, Esq. 2 ("Ramaswamy") to appear pro hac vice in this case

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Doc. 2.

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Doc. 4.

with Robert Farris-Olsen, Esq. of Helena, Montana, to act as local counsel.
Telfeyan and Ramaswamy's applications appear to be in compliance with L.R.
83.l(d).
ORDERED:
Plaintiffs' motion to allow Telfeyan and Ramaswamy to appear on their
behalf is GRANTED, subject to the following conditions:
1.

Local counsel must serve as either lead or co-lead counsel;

2.

Either Telfeyan or Ramaswamy, but not both, may act as co-lead

counsel;
3.

Telfeyan and Ramaswamy must each do their own work. Each must

do his own writing, sign his own pleadings, motions and briefs, and, if designated
co-lead counsel, must appear and participate personally in all proceedings before
this Court;
4.

Local counsel must also sign all such pleadings, motions, briefs and

other documents served or filed.
Admission is personal to Telfeyan and Ramaswamy; it is not an admission
of their law firm.
FURTHER ORDERED:
This Order will be withdrawn unless Telfeyan and Ramaswamy, within
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fifteen (15) days of the date of this Order, file an acknowledgment and acceptance
of their admission under the terms set forth above.
DATED this

_jLiy of September, 2017.

United States District Judge

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