Katz et al
Filing
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PROCEDURAL ORDER: Parties to confer as outlined re next friend and report to the court by September 30, 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.
Attorney Chamberlain declined to seek appointment as
Eleonora’s next friend, however, so this court ordered counsel to
try to reach agreement on another qualified person to serve as
Eleonora’s next friend.
Counsel agreed on Attorney Greg Van
Buiten of Milton, Vermont.
After reviewing the docket in this
matter, however, Attorney Van Buiten has informed the court that
he declines to seek appointment as Eleonora’s next friend.
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 30, 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 23, 2011
Francis J. McDonough, Jr., 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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