Nationstar Mortgage LLC et al v. Newport Cove Condominium Unit Owners' Association, Inc. et al

Filing 82

ORDER denying 76 Motion to Enforce; vacating 81 Order, vacating 80 Order, Signed by Judge James C. Mahan on 8/14/2019. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - JM)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC and
FEDERA HOME LOAN MORTGAGE
CORPORATION,

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ORDER

Plaintiff(s),

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Case No. 2:17-CV-474 JCM (NJK)

v.
NEWPORT COVE CONDOMINIUM UNIT
OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC., et al.,
Defendant(s).

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Presently before the court is the matter of Nationstar Mortgage LLC et al v. Newport Cove
Condominium Unit Owners’ Association, Inc. et al, case no. 2:17-cv-00474-JCM-NJK.
Presently under the court’s consideration is Kung & Brown’s (“K&B”) motion to withdraw
as counsel of record and to enforce attorney’s lien. (ECF No. 76). The clerk of the court notified
K&B that its motion was not filed due to its violation of Local Rule Part IC 2-2(b), which provides
that “[f]or each type of relief requested or purpose of the document, a separate document must be
filed and a separate event must be selected for that document.” LR IC 2-2(b).
K&B has filed neither a motion to withdraw as counsel of record nor a motion to enforce
attorney’s lien that complies with local rules. To the extent that K&B’s motion remains pending,
the court will deny it without prejudice for failure to comply with local rules.1

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James C. Mahan
U.S. District Judge

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It appears that K&B filed a notice of withdrawal of the motion on January 17, 2019, but
the document was terminated as having been filed in error the following day.

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The court has previously entered two orders regarding K&B’s improper motion to enforce

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attorney’s lien, one on August 2 and the other on August 12. (ECF Nos. 80, 81). Having dismissed

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the underlying motion, the court hereby vacates those orders.2

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Accordingly,

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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, and DECREED that K&B’s motion to

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withdraw as counsel of record and to enforce attorney’s lien (ECF No. 76) be, and the same hereby

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is, DENIED without prejudice.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the court’s previous orders regarding K&B’s motion
(ECF Nos. 80, 81) be, and the same hereby are, VACATED.
DATED August 14, 2019.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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Consistent with the court’s August 12 order, however, K&B is instructed to include
itemized billing statements with its motion to enforce attorney’s lien, should it choose to file one
that complies with local rules.
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James C. Mahan
U.S. District Judge

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