Wilmington Trust Company v. SFR Investments Pool 1, LLC et al

Filing 50

ORDER. IT IS ORDERED that 49 the Substitution of Attorney is GRANTED. Melanie D. Morgan and Karen A. Whelan of Akerman LLP are substituted in the place of Edgar C. Smith, Rock Jung, and Dana J. Nitz of Wright, Finlay & Zak, LLP for plaintiff/counter defendant Wilmington Trust Company, subject to the provisions of LR IA 11-6(c) and (d). Signed by Magistrate Judge Peggy A. Leen on 4/16/2018. (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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WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,

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Case No. 2:16-cv-00326-RFB-PAL

Plaintiff,

v.

ORDER
(Subst Atty – ECF No. 49)

SFR INVESTMENTS POOL 1, LLC,
Defendant.

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This matter is before the court on the Substitution of Attorneys (ECF No. 49). Melanie D.

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Morgan and Karen A. Whelan of Akerman LLP seek leave to be substituted in the place of Edgar

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C. Smith, Rock Jung, and Dana J. Nitz of Wright, Finlay & Zak, LLP for plaintiff/counter

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defendant Wilmington Trust Company. LR IA 11-6(c) provides that the signature of an attorney

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to substitute in a case “constitutes an express acceptance of all dates then set for pretrial

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proceedings, for trial or hearing, by the discovery plan, or in any court order.” LR IA 11-6(d) also

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provides that the substitution of an attorney “shall not alone be reason for delay of pretrial

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proceedings, discovery, the trial, or any 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. 49) is GRANTED.

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2. Melanie D. Morgan and Karen A. Whelan of Akerman LLP are substituted in the place

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of Edgar C. Smith, Rock Jung, and Dana J. Nitz of Wright, Finlay & Zak, LLP for

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plaintiff/counter defendant Wilmington Trust Company, subject to the provisions of

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LR IA 11-6(c) and (d).

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DATED this 16th day of April, 2018.

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PEGGY A. LEEN
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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