Franklin v. State of Nevada et al

Filing 191

ORDER granting ECF No. 189 Motion to Withdraw as Attorney. Brittni A. Tanenbaum and Meng Zhong withdrawn from the case. Signed by Magistrate Judge Carla Baldwin on 9/25/2024. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - GA)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Meng Zhong, Esq. Nevada Bar No. 12145 Brittni A. Tanenbaum, Esq. Nevada Bar No. 16013 LEWIS ROCA ROTHGERBER CHRISTIE LLP 3993 Howard Hughes Pkwy., Ste. 600 Las Vegas, Nevada 89169 Tele: 702-949-8200 Email: mzhong@lewisroca.com Email: btanenbaum@lewisroca.com In conjunction with Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada Federal Pro Bono Program 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEVADA 3993 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 600 Las Vegas, NV 89169 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 TERON FRANKLIN, Plaintiff, v. Case No. 3:18-cv-00522-CLB ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO WITHDRAW AS COUNSEL OF RECORD STATE OF NEVADA, et al., Defendants. 16 Pursuant to Local Rule IA 11-6(b), Meng Zhong (“Mr. Zhong”) and Brittni A. 17 Tanenbaum (“Ms. Tanenbaum”) of Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP (“Counsel”) hereby 18 move to withdraw as counsel for Plaintiff Teron Franklin (“Mr. Franklin”) and request an 19 order from this Court allowing the withdrawal. 20 Mr. Zhong was appointed as pro bono counsel for Mr. Franklin on January 11, 2023. 21 ECF No. 124. This appointment extended “through the conclusion of trial, but [did] not extend 22 to the appeal, if any, of a final decision, which shall be the responsibility of Plaintiff.” Id. Ms. 23 Tanenbaum is an associate attorney who assisted Mr. Zhong as pro bono counsel to Mr. 24 Franklin. The Order Regarding Settlement was entered on July 22, 2024, ECF No. 177. And 25 on September 24, 2024, the Court ordered dismissal of the case as the Settlement was 26 complied with. ECF No. 188. 27 The undersigned counsel discussed the results with Plaintiff and notified Plaintiff of 28 this withdrawal request. A copy of this request and any subsequent order will also be served 125001018.1 1 on Plaintiff. Undersigned also notified opposing counsel of this withdraw request prior to its 2 filing. 3 DATED this 25th day of September, 2024. 4 LEWIS ROCA ROTHGERBER CHRISTIE LLP 5 6 By: /s/ Meng Zhong Meng Zhong, Esq., No. 12145 Brittni A. Tanenbaum, Esq., No. 16013 3993 Howard Hughes Pkwy., #600 Las Vegas, NV 89169 E-mail: mzhong@lewisroca.com E-mail: btanenbaum@lewisroca.com 7 8 9 10 Counsel for Plaintiff Teron Frankin, In conjunction with Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada Federal Pro Bono Program 11 12 ORDER 13 14 IT IS SO ORDERED. 15 DATED: September 25, 2024 16 ____________________________________ UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -2125001018.1 1 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 2 I HEREBY CERTIFY that on the 25th day of September, 2024, and pursuant to Fed 3 R. Civ. Pro. 5, I caused to be served a copy of the foregoing MOTION TO WITHDRAW 4 AS COUNSEL OF RECORD, by electronically filing the foregoing with the CM/ECF 5 electronic filing system, which will send notice of electronic filing to: 6 Douglas R. Rands, Senior Deputy Attorney General Janet E. Traut, Deputy Attorney General State of Nevada 100 N. Carson Street Carson City, NV 89701-4717 Tele: 775-684-1227 E-mail: drands@ag.nv.gov E-mail: jtraut@ag.nv.gov Attorneys for Defendant Julio Mesa 7 8 9 10 11 A physical mail copy of this document will also be served on: 12 Teron Franklin Inmate #: 60567 Lovelock Correctional Center 1200 Prison Rd. Lovelock, NV 89419 13 14 15 /s/ Rebecca J. Contla An employee of Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -3125001018.1

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