Clark v. Guerrero

Filing 204

ORDER Granting 203 Motion to Withdraw as Attorney. Signed by Judge James C. Mahan on 3/10/2021. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - JQC)

Case 2:09-cv-00141-JCM-BNW Document 204 Filed 03/10/21 Page 1 of 2

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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MICHAEL E. CLARK,

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Plaintiff(s),

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Case No. 2:09-CV-141 JCM (BNW)
ORDER

v.
ADRIAN GUERRERO,

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Defendant(s).

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Presently before the court is plaintiff’s pro bono counsel Telia Mary U. Williams, Esq.’s
motion to withdraw as attorney. (ECF No. 203).

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Counsel seeks to withdraw from this matter, because she has “a fundamental disagreement

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about the way that the case should be handled” with plaintiff. (Id.); see Nev. Rule of Prof’l

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Conduct 1.16(b) (“a lawyer may withdraw from representing a client if: … (4) A client insists

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upon taking action that the lawyer considers repugnant or with which the lawyer has fundamental

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disagreement; (6) The representation…has been rendered unreasonably difficult by the client; or

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(7) Other good cause for withdrawal exists.”). Specifically, plaintiff insists that counsel take action

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in this matter beyond the scope of the upcoming evidentiary hearing—a hearing scheduled for this

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month. (ECF No. 203).

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Pursuant to plaintiff’s consent to the instant withdrawal and counsel’s representations, this

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court finds good cause to grant the instant motion. Plaintiff wishes for the upcoming evidentiary

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hearing to proceed as scheduled, (ECF No. 203); thus this court will operate accordingly.

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James C. Mahan
U.S. District Judge

Case 2:09-cv-00141-JCM-BNW Document 204 Filed 03/10/21 Page 2 of 2

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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, and DECREED that Ms. William’s motion to
withdraw (ECF No. 203) be, and the same hereby is, GRANTED.
DATED March 10, 2021.
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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James C. Mahan
U.S. District Judge

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