In Re: Western States Wholesale Natural Gas Antitrust Litigation (MDL 1566)

Filing 3008

ORDER granting ECF No. 3003 Withdrawal of Counsel : Attorney Mark E. Haddad is withdrawn as counsel of record for the CMS Defendants. Signed by Magistrate Judge Peggy A. Leen on 6/21/2018. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - DRM)

Nitin Reddy (Cal Bar # 229451)
SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP
555 West Fifth Street, Suite 4000
Los Angeles, California 90013-1010
Telephone:
[phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]
Attorneys For Defendants
Cantera Natural Gas, Inc.; Cantera
Resources, Inc.; CMS Energy Resources
Management Company; CMS Field
Services Inc.; CMS Energy Corporation; and
Cantera Gas Company
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF NEVADA
IN RE WESTERN STATES WHOLESALE
NATURAL GAS ANTITRUST LITIGATION

MDL NO. 1566
Base Case No. CV-S-2:03-1431-RCJ-PAL

THIS DOCUMENT RELATES TO:
ALL ACTIONS.
NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF COUNSEL; [PROPOSED] ORDER

TO THE CLERK OF THE COURT, ALL PARTIES AND THEIR ATTORNEYS
OF RECORD:
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT Mark E. Haddad has retired from the law firm of Sidley
Austin LLP, and is withdrawing as counsel of record for Defendants Cantera Natural Gas, Inc.,
Cantera Resources, Inc., CMS Energy Resources Management Company, CMS Field Services
Inc., CMS Energy Corporation, and Cantera Gas Company (“CMS Defendants”).
The attorneys from the law firm of Sidley Austin LLP, who have appeared in this matter,
remain on record as counsel for the CMS Defendants.
Mr. Haddad should be removed from the Court’s docket in the base case and all related
actions and should no longer receive service of docket-related activity.
Pursuant to Local Rule 11-6(b), a [Proposed] Order Granting Withdrawal of Mark E.
Haddad as counsel for Defendants is filed concurrently with this notice, for entry by the Court.

Dated: June 19, 2018

Respectfully submitted,

By: /s/ Nitin Reddy
Nitin Reddy
California Bar Number 229451
Email: [e-mail]
SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP
555 West Fifth Street, Suite 4000
Los Angeles, CA 90013-1010
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Attorneys For Defendants
Cantera Natural Gas, Inc.; Cantera
Resources, Inc.; CMS Energy Resources
Management Company; CMS Field
Services Inc.; CMS Energy Corporation;
and Cantera Gas Company

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[PROPOSED] ORDER
Upon consideration of the Notice of Withdrawal of Counsel filed by Defendants Cantera
Natural Gas, Inc., Cantera Resources, Inc., CMS Energy Resources Management Company,
CMS Field Services Inc., CMS Energy Corporation, and Cantera Gas Company (“CMS
Defendants”), the Court hereby ORDERS that Mark E. Haddad be withdrawn as counsel of
record for the CMS Defendants.
FURTHERMORE, the Clerk of Court is directed to remove Mark E. Haddad from the
records and from the Court’s CM/ECF System for the above-referenced matters.
IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated:

June 21 , 2018

HONORABLE PEGGY A. LEEN
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
On June 19, 2018, I caused the foregoing brief to be served on counsel of record through
the ECF system.

/s/ Nitin Reddy
Nitin Reddy

232912719

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