Town & Country Bank v. Katz et al

Filing 18

ORDER Setting Hearing on 17 Motion to Withdraw. IT IS ORDERED that a Motion Hearing re 17 Motion to Withdraw is set for 11/22/2013 10:30 AM in LV Courtroom 3B before Magistrate Judge Nancy J. Koppe. Responses due by 11/15/2013. The Court furt her orders Defendants counsel to serve this order on Defendants no later than 11/12/2013, and to file a proof of service with the Court no later than 11/13/2013. Signed by Magistrate Judge Nancy J. Koppe on 11/08/2013. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - AC)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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TOWN & COUNTRY BANK,

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Plaintiff(s),
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LEON R. KATZ, et al.,

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Defendant(s).

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Case No. 2:13-cv-00312-JCM-NJK
ORDER SETTING HEARING ON
MOTION TO WITHDRAW
(Docket No. 17)

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Pending before the Court is Defendants’ counsel’s motion to withdraw as attorney. Docket
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No. 17. Any response shall be filed no later than November 15, 2013. The Court hereby sets a
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hearing on that motion for November 22, 2013, at 10:30 a.m. in Courtroom 3B. Defendant Leon
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Katz and his withdrawing counsel are required to attend the hearing. There will be no exception to
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that requirement. The Court further orders Defendants’ counsel to serve this order on Defendants no
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later than November 12, 2013, and to file a proof of service with the Court no later than November
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13, 2013.
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Lastly, Mr. Katz is a defendant in this case both in his individual capacity and as a trustee of
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the Katz Family Trust. Mr. Katz is advised that trustees are generally not permitted to appear pro se
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on behalf of the trust. See C.E. Pope Equity Trust v. United States, 818 F.2d 696, 697-98 (9th Cir.
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1987) (pro se litigant “may not claim that his status as trustee includes the right to present arguments
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pro se in federal court”); see also Knoefler v. United Bank of Bismark, 20 F.3d 347, 347-48 (8th Cir.
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1994).
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IT IS SO ORDERED.
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DATED: November 8,2013
October 16, 2013
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NANCY J. KOPPE
United States Magistrate Judge