Kim v. United States of America

Filing 60

ORDER Granting 59 Motion to Substitute Attorney. Attorney Katherine Vail Foss terminated. Signed by Magistrate Judge Carl W. Hoffman on 12/1/2017. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - ADR)

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1 2 3 4 JEFFERSON B. SESSIONS III United States Attorney General ELIZABETH A. STRANGE First Assistant United States Attorney District of Arizona 10 J. COLE HERNANDEZ Special Attorney to the Attorney General Arizona State Bar No. 018802 DENNIS C. BASTRON Special Attorney to the Attorney General Arizona State Bar No. 027294 405 W. Congress Street, Suite 4800 Tucson, Arizona 85701-5040 Telephone: (520) 620-7300 Fax: (520) 620-7138 E-mail: Cole.Hernandez@usdoj.gov Dennis.Bastron@usdoj.gov 11 Attorneys for the Defendant United States of America 5 6 7 8 9 12 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 13 FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEVADA 14 15 Thomas Kim, 16 Case No. 2:16-cv-00778-APG-CWH Plaintiff, 17 v. 18 MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE ATTORNEY FOR DEFENDANT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA United States of America, 19 Defendant. 20 21 CHANG AHN, et al., Plaintiffs, 22 23 24 25 Case No. 2:17-cv-00133-RFB-CWH v. United States of America, Defendant. 26 Defendant United States, under LR IA 11-3 and LR IA 11-6, respectfully requests that 27 Special Attorney Dennis C. Bastron be substituted for Katherine V. Foss as an attorney of record 28 in this case. J. Cole Hernandez will remain an attorney of record. 1 2 The United States Department of Justice appointed Dennis C. Bastron to serve as Special 3 Attorney in this case on November 6, 2017, see Doc. 57-1 at 2-3, to take the place of Katherine V. 4 Foss. He is permitted to practice before this Court because this motion is brought “by the 5 employing federal entity.” LR IA 11-3; see also LR IA 11-6(c) (requiring approval from the client). 6 The substitution of Dennis C. Bastron for Katherine V. Foss will not delay pretrial proceedings, 7 trial, or hearings. See LR IA 11-6(c). Thus, this Court should allow Dennis C. Bastron to be 8 substituted in Katherine V. Foss’s place and terminate Katherine V. Foss as an attorney of record. 9 Respectfully submitted on November 30, 2017. 10 JEFFERSON B. SESSIONS III United States Attorney General 11 12 ELIZABETH A. STRANGE First Assistant United States Attorney District of Arizona 13 14 s/ Dennis C. Bastron J. COLE HERNANDEZ DENNIS C. BASTRON Special Attorneys to the Attorney General 15 16 17 18 ORDER 19 The United States’ motion to substitute is granted. The Clerk, as authorized by LR 77- 20 1(b)(5), shall enter an order under LR IA 11-6 substituting Dennis C. Bastron for Katherine V. Foss 21 as an attorney of record in this case. 22 IT IS SO ORDERED. 23 24 ___________________________________ UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 25 26 DATED: 12/1/17 27 28 -2- 1 2 3 4 5 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE In compliance with the Court’s Local Rules, the undersigned hereby certifies that on November 30, 2017, a copy of the foregoing document, “MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE ATTORNEY FOR DEFENDANT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,” was served via the Court’s CM/ECF system upon counsel of record for Plaintiffs. s/ Mary M. Parker Mary M. Parker, Legal Assistant 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -3-

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