Stevens et al v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. et al

Filing 64

ORDER Granting 62 Motion to Substitute Attorney. Signed by Magistrate Judge Peggy A. Leen on 2/28/2018. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - MR)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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DARLENE STEVENS, et al.,

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Case No. 2:17-cv-00970-JCM-PAL
Plaintiffs,

v.

ORDER
(Subst Atty – ECF No. 62)

WAL-MART STORES, INC.,
Defendant.

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This matter is before the court on the Substitution of Attorneys (ECF No. 62). Robert K.

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Phillips and Pooja Kumar of Phillips Spallas & Angstadt, LLC seek leave to be substituted in the

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place of Charles Abbott of the Law Office of Charles Abbot, and Ronald Reynolds and Harrison

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Reynolds of Reynolds & Associates for defendant Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. LR IA 11-6(c) provides

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that the signature of an attorney to substitute in a case “constitutes an express acceptance of all

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dates then set for pretrial proceedings, for trial or hearing, by the discovery plan, or in any court

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order.” LR IA 11-6(d) also provides that the substitution of an attorney “shall not alone be reason

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for delay of pretrial 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. 62) is GRANTED.

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2. Robert K. Phillips and Pooja Kumar of Phillips Spallas & Angstadt are substituted in

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the place of Charles Abbott of the Law Office of Charles Abbott, and Ronald Reynolds

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and Harrison Reynolds of Reynolds & Associates for defendant Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.,

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subject to the provisions of LR IA 11-6(c) and (d).

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DATED this 28th day of February, 2018.

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PEGGY A. LEEN
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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