Henderson v. Nevada Department of Corrections et al

Filing 37

ORDER that 36 Plaintiff's Motion to Withdraw as Attorney is GRANTED. Cal J. Potter, III and Cal J. Potter, IV withdrawn from the case. FURTHER ORDERED that 35 Motion to Stay is DENIED without prejudice. FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk shall send a copy of this order to Plaintiff. Signed by Magistrate Judge Carl W. Hoffman on 9/26/17. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - MMM)

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1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DARRYL HENDERSON, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) LAS VEGAS METROPOLITAN POLICE ) DEPARTMENT, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) _______________________________________ ) Case No. 2:16-cv-00276-JAD-CWH ORDER 10 Presently before the Court are Plaintiff Darryl Henderson’s attorney’s motion to stay 11 proceedings (ECF No. 35) and motion to withdraw as attorney (ECF No. 36), filed on September 19, 12 2017. Plaintiff’s counsel moves to withdraw from this case, citing illness on the part of Cal J. Potter, 13 III, Esq., and financial burden on the part of C.J. Potter, IV, Esq. Plaintiff’s counsel also requests an 14 indefinite stay of discovery, allowing Plaintiff an opportunity to retain new counsel. 15 Upon review, the Court finds good cause to grant the motion to withdraw. However, the 16 Court does not find good cause for an indefinite stay of discovery at this time. Given that discovery 17 does not close in this matter until February 12, 2018 (ECF No. 34), the Court finds that Plaintiff will 18 have ample opportunity to retain new counsel, and further finds no suggestion that he would be 19 unduly prejudiced by current counsel’s withdrawal before retaining new counsel. 20 // 21 // 22 // 23 // 24 // 25 // 26 // 27 // 28 // 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Plaintiff’s counsel to withdraw (ECF No. 36) is GRANTED. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff’s motion to stay (ECF No. 35) is DENIED without prejudice. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk shall send a copy of this order to Plaintiff at the following address: 3814 Peaceful Hills, N. Las Vegas, Nevada 89032. DATED: September 26, 2017 8 9 _________________________________ C.W. Hoffman, Jr. United States Magistrate Judge 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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