Earp et al v. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation

Filing 162

ORDER granting 159 Novartis's Consent Motion to Excuse Local Counsel's Attendance at Trial. Signed by Chief Judge James C. Dever III on 4/22/2014. (Sawyer, D.)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
WESTERN DIVISION
Case No. 5:11-cv-00680-D
JIMMY EARP AND PATRICIA EARP,
Plaintiffs,
v.

NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS
CORPORATION,
Defendant.

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ORDER GRANTING NOVARTIS
PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION'S
CONSENT MOTION TO EXCUSE LOCAL
COUNSEL'S ATTENDANCE AT TRIAL

This matter is before the Court on defendant Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation's
Consent Motion to Excuse Local Counsel from attendance at the trial of this case. Having
reviewed the papers submitted and for good cause shown, the Court hereby GRANTS Novartis's
motion and ORDERS that:
Novartis' Local Counsel, Peter G. Pappas, Esquire, be and hereby is excused from attendance
at the trial of this case.

SO ORDERED. This

l1 day of April2014.