United States

Filing 8

ORDER that the 7 Motion to Permit Appearance is Granted to the extent that attorney Rika Valdman may appear in this action on behalf of the United States. It is Denied in all other respects. Signed by Magistrate Judge Peggy A. Leen on 12/22/2014. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - SLD)

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    1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 6 *** 7 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 8 Plaintiff, ORDER v. 9 10 Case No. 2:14-cv-00474-JAD-PAL (Mtn for Govt Atty Appearance – Dkt. #7) BILL SUNGA MODINA, Defendant. 11 12 This matter is before the court on the United States of America’s Motion to Admit 13 Government Attorney to Practice in the District of Nevada for the Duration of Attorney’s 14 Government Employment (Dkt. #7) filed December 4, 2014. The court has considered the 15 Motion. 16 The government seeks an order, pursuant to LR IA 10-3, permitting attorney Rika 17 Valdman to practice before this court on behalf of the government in this case and for the 18 duration of attorney her employment with the United States. The Motion represents that Ms. 19 Valdman is an attorney with the United States Department of Justice, Tax Division, an agency of 20 the federal government, and a member in good standing of New York State Bar. LR IA 10-3 21 provides that any non-resident attorney who is a member in good standing of the highest court of 22 any state, commonweath, territory, or the District of Columbia, who is employed by the United 23 States as an attorney shall, upon motion, be permitted to practice in this court on behalf of the 24 government. See LR IA 10-3. Thus, good cause exists to allow Ms. Valdman to appear before 25 the court in this case. The court will, however, require her to file applications to appear in each 26 case in which she seeks to appear. 27 28 Having reviewed and considered the matter, /// 1     1 IT IS ORDERED that the Motion to Permit Appearance (Dkt. #7) is GRANTED to the 2 extent that attorney Rika Valdman may appear in this action on behalf of the United States. It is 3 DENIED in all other respects. 4 DATED this 22nd day of December 2014. 5 6 PEGGY A. LEEN UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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