Armstrong v. BNSF Railway Company et al

Filing 25

ORDER granting 21 Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice for Attorney Caleena D. Svatek for BNSF Railway Company,Caleena D. Svatek for John Swing.( Acknowledgment of PHV Order due by 10/6/2017.); granting 23 Motion to Amend/Correct Signed by Judge Brian Morris on 9/21/2017. (LJM)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF MONTANA
GREAT FALLS DIVISION
KAREN M. ARMSTRONG,
Plaintiff,

CV 17-73-GF-BMM

vs.
ORDER
BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY, a
Delaware corporation, et al,
Defendants.
Defendants BNSF Railway and John Swing (Defendants) have moved for an
order allowing Caleena D. Svatek, Esq., to appear pro hac vice in this case with
Chad M. Knight of Knight Nicastro, LLC, Kansas City, MO, designated as local
counsel. Ms. Svatek’s application appears to be in compliance with L.R. 83.1(d).
ORDERED:
Defendants’s motion to allow Ms. Svatek to appear on their behalf (Doc. 23)
is GRANTED, subject to the following conditions:
1.

Local counsel shall exercise the responsibilities required by

L.R.

83.1(d)(5) and must be designated as lead counsel or as co-lead counsel with Ms.
Svatek ;
2.

Ms. Svatek must do herown work. She must do her own writing, sign

her own pleadings, motions, briefs and other documents served or filed by her, and,

if designated co-lead counsel, must appear and participate personally in all
proceedings before the Court;
3.

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

and other documents served or filed; and
4.

Admission is personal to Ms. Svatek.

FURTHER ORDERED:
Ms. Svatek shall file, within fifteen (15) days from the date of this Order, an
acknowledgment and acceptance of his admission under the terms set forth above.

DATED this 21st day of September, 2017.

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