Hooper v. Blaisdell

Filing 19

ORDER granting as outlined 18 Motion to Withdraw as Attorney by Sven Wiberg. Response deadline to Motion for Summary Judgment extended to 45 days after appearance. Petitioner to advise court by 10/15/09 name of new attorney or decision to appear pro se. Court declines to appoint counsel at this time. So Ordered by Judge Joseph A. DiClerico, Jr. (dae)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

Oliver Hooper
v.

Civil No . 08-cv-426-J D

Northern New Hampshire Correctional Facilitv . Warden

ORDER On September 11, 2009, Attorney Sven D . Wiberg filed a Partially Assented to Motion t o Withdraw as Attorney for the Petitioner, Document #18 . The motion is granted as follows : 1) Counsel may withdraw ; 2) The Response deadline to the pending motion for summary judgment will be extended to 45 days after petitioner files a pro se appearance or has counsel appear on his behalf; 3) The Petitioner is herewith directed to advise this court by October 15, 2009, of the name of a new attorney or, in the alternative, of your decision to appear pro se (without counsel) . See Local Rule 83 .6(b) and (d) . Understand that you are under no obligation to retain counsel ; you may prosecute this case yourself. If no new appearance or other response is received within the time specified, the file will be referred to a judicial officer for further action, which may include a dismissal of the case. The Court declines to appoint counsel for the petitioner at this time . SO ORDERED .

September 15, 2009

/s/ .Ioseph A. DiClerico, Jr. Joseph A. DiClerico, Jr. United States District Judge

cc : Sven Wiberg, Esq . Elizabeth Woodcock, Esq.