Katz et al

Filing 87

PROCEDURAL ORDER: Parties to confer as outlined re next friend and report to the court by September 16, 2011. So Ordered by Judge Joseph N. Laplante.(jb)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
Elena Katz et al.
v.

Civil No. 10-cv-410-JL

Brian McVeigh et al.
PROCEDURAL ORDER
On August 22, 2011, this court convened an evidentiary
hearing on the plaintiffs’ request for appointment as next
friends for their incapacitated adult daughter, Eleonora Grodman.
The plaintiffs appeared with counsel, and all defendants who
opposed the request appeared through counsel.

Following off-the-

record discussions between the court and counsel prior to the
hearing, the parties agreed that, in lieu of considering the
plaintiffs’ request for appointment as next friends, this court
was to contact Attorney Michael Chamberlain, of Manchester, New
Hampshire, about seeking appointment to that role.
After reviewing the docket in this matter, however, Attorney
Chamberlain has informed the court that he declines to seek
appointment as Eleonora’s next friend, due to relationships
between his existing clients and some of the defendants in this
matter.
Accordingly, counsel for the plaintiffs and for the
defendants who opposed the plaintiffs’ appointment as Eleonora’s

next friends shall confer and report to the court by the close of
business on September 16, 2011, as to whether they can agree on
another qualified person to serve as Eleonora’s next friend.

If

agreement can be reached, this court will promptly contact the
agreed-upon person about seeking the appointment.

If agreement

cannot be reached, counsel shall advise the court as to their
soonest availability for a telephone conference to discuss how
else to proceed.

SO ORDERED.
____________________________
Joseph N. Laplante
United States District Judge
Dated:
cc:

September 9, 2011

Francis J. McDonough, Jr., Esq.
Louis A. Piccone, Esq.
Rebecca L. Woodard, Esq.
Nancy J. Smith, Esq.
Brian J.S. Cullen, Esq.
Donald L. Smith, Esq.
Paul B. Kleinman, Esq.
Charles P. Bauer, Esq.
Corey M. Belobrow, Esq.
W. Daniel Deane, Esq.
Evan C. Ouellette, Esq.
Raquel J. Webster, Esq.
Lisa M. Lee, Esq.
Adam B. Pignatelli, Esq.
Michael A. Pignatelli, Esq.

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