Nationstar Mortgage, LLC v. Elkhorn Community Association et al

Filing 74

ORDER. IT IS ORDERED that 73 the Substitution of Attorney is GRANTED. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Melanie Morgan and Thera A. Cooper of Akerman LLP are substituted in the place of Dana Nitz, Chelsea Crowton, and Regina Habermas of Wright Finlay & Zak, LLP for plaintiff Nationstar Mortgage, LLC, subject to the provisions of LR IA 11-6(c) and (d). Signed by Magistrate Judge Peggy A. Leen on 1/30/2018. (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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NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE, LLC,

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Case No. 2:15-cv-00823-GMN-PAL
Plaintiff,

v.

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(Subst Atty – ECF No. 73)

ELKHORN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION,
et al.

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ORDER

Defendants.

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This matter is before the court on the Substitution of Attorneys (ECF No. 73). Melanie

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Morgan and Thera A. Cooper of Akerman LLP seek leave to be substituted in the place of Dana

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Nitz, Chelsea Crowton, and Regina Habermas of Wright Finlay & Zak, LLP for plaintiff Nationstar

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Mortgage, LLC. LR IA 11-6(c) provides that the signature of an attorney to substitute in a case

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“constitutes an express acceptance of all dates then set for pretrial proceedings, for trial or hearing,

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by the discovery plan, or in any court order.” LR IA 11-6(d) also provides that the substitution of

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an attorney “shall not alone be reason for delay of pretrial proceedings, discovery, the trial, or any

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hearing in this case.”

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Having reviewed and considered the matter,

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IT IS ORDERED that:

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1. The Substitution of Attorney (ECF No. 73) is GRANTED.

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2. Melanie Morgan and Thera A. Cooper of Akerman LLP are substituted in the place of

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Dana Nitz, Chelsea Crowton, and Regina Habermas of Wright Finlay & Zak, LLP for

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plaintiff Nationstar Mortgage, LLC, subject to the provisions of LR IA 11-6(c) and (d).

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DATED this 30th day of January, 2018.

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PEGGY A. LEEN
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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