Williston Investment Group, LLC v. JP Morgan Chase Bank NA et al

Filing 106

ORDER. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that 105 Plaintiff Williston Investment Group, LLC's counsel Maier Gutierrez & Associates's Motion to Withdraw as Attorney is GRANTED. Signed by Chief Judge Gloria M. Navarro on 10/5/17. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - ADR)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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WILLISTON INVESTMENT GROUP, LLC, )
a Nevada limited Liability Company,
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Plaintiff,
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vs.
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JP MORGAN CHASE BANK NATIONAL )
ASSOCIATION, a National Association;
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MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC
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REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., a Foreign )
Corporation; MTC FINANCIAL, INC., a
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Foreign Corporation; FEDERAL HOME
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LOAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION, a
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Foreign Corporation; ROBERT WAKEFIELD, )
an individual; DOES I through X; and ROE
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CORPORATIONS I through X, inclusive,
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Defendants,
FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY, )
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as Conservator of the Federal National
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Mortgage Corporation,
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Intervenor,
JP MORGAN CHASE BANK NATIONAL )
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ASSOCIATION, a National Association;
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MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC
REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., a Foreign )
Corporation; and FEDERAL HOME LOAN )
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MORTGAGE CORPORATION, a
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Foreign Corporation,
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Counter-Plaintiffs,
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vs.
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WILLISTON INVESTMENT GROUP, LLC; )
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and DESERT LINN CONDOMINIUMS,
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Counter-Defendants.
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Case No.: 2:14-cv-02038-GMN-PAL
ORDER

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Pending before the Court is the Motion to Withdraw as Attorneys of Record, (ECF No.

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105), filed by the law firm Maier Gutierrez & Associates (“Maier Gutierrez”). Maier Gutierrez

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represents Plaintiff-Counterdefendant Williston Investment Group, LLC (“Plaintiff”).

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Pursuant to Local Rule IA 11–6, “no withdrawal [as attorney] . . . shall be approved if

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delay of discovery, the trial or any hearing in the case would result.” LR IA 11–6(e).

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Moreover, Corporate entities may only appear in federal court through licensed counsel. See

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Rowland v. California Men’s Colony, 506 U.S. 194, 202 (1993); U.S. v. High Country Broad.

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Co., Inc., 3 F.3d 1244, 1245 (9th Cir. 1993).

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Here, the case has been closed; therefore, no delay will occur for granting Maier

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Gutierrez’s Motion. Since the Court is permitting Maier Gutierrez to withdraw, Plaintiff will

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not be represented by counsel, and because it is a corporation, it will have to retain counsel to

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take any other action with this case.

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Accordingly, and for good cause shown,

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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff Williston Investment Group, LLC’s counsel

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Maier Gutierrez & Associates’s Motion to Withdraw as Attorney, (ECF No. 105), is

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GRANTED.

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DATED this _____ day of October, 2017.
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Gloria M. Navarro, Chief Judge
United States District Judge

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