Bermuda Road Properties, LLC v. Ecological Steel Systems, Inc.

Filing 282

ORDER Granting 278 Motion to Withdraw Attorneys Evan L James and Wesley J Smith as attorneys of record for Defendants Hudson Family Trust Dated October 29, 2012, Hitplayyoga, LLC, Steel Buildings, Inc., Eco Investments, LLC, and Eco Steel, LLC. Defendants have up to and including 7/7/2016 to retain new counsel. Signed by Magistrate Judge George Foley, Jr on 6/16/2016. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - DL)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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BERMUDA ROAD PROPERTIES, LLC,

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Plaintiff,
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ECOLOGICAL STEEL SYSTEMS, INC., et al., )
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Defendants.
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Case No. 2:12-cv-01579-JAD-GWF
ORDER

This matter is before the Court on Evan James, Esq. and Wesley Smith, Esq.’s (“counsel”)

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Motion to Withdraw as Attorneys of Record (ECF No. 278), filed on June 13, 2016. Plaintiff filed its

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Non-Opposition (ECF No. 281) on June 15, 2016.

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Counsel files this motion on behalf of Christensen James & Martin, Chtd. Counsel represents

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that Defendants Hudson Family Trust Dated October 29, 2012, Hitplayyoga, LLC, Steel Buildings,

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Inc., Eco Investments, LLC, and Eco Steel, LLC retained Christensen James & Martin, Chtd. as local

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counsel only. Counsel further represents that Defendants are unable to fulfill their obligation to pay

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for Christensen James & Martin’s services. The Court finds that counsel has provided good cause to

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justify granting their withdrawal. Accordingly,

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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Evan James, Esq. and Wesley Smith, Esq’s Motion to
Withdaw as Attorneys of Record (ECF No. 278) is granted.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall remove Evan James, Esq. and

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Wesley Smith, Esq. from the CM/ECF service list as attorneys of record for Defendants Hudson

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Family Trust Dated October 29, 2012, Hitplayyoga, LLC, Steel Buildings, Inc., Eco Investments,

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LLC, and Eco Steel, LLC.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendants shall have three weeks up to and including
Thursday, July 7, 2016 to retain new counsel. A corporation may appear in federal court only

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through licensed counsel. U.S. v. High Country Broad. Co., Inc., 3 F.3d 1244, 1245 (9th Cir. 1993).

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If Defendant corporations intend to continue to defend this matter, they are required to obtain legal

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counsel.

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DATED this 16th day of June, 2016.

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GEORGE FOLEY, JR.
United States Magistrate Judge

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