Malibu Media, LLC v. John Doe

Filing 53

ORDER (Memorandum 52 filed previously as separate docket entry) GRANTING John Doe's motions 43 & 41 to extent Atty Fiore is disqualified as cnsl to Malibu & Pelisser Field, permitting Malibu & Pelissier Field 30 days to obtain successor cnsl or in case of Pelissier Field to elect to proceed pro se, & directing that pretrial/trial ddls in CMO 20 remain suspended while Malibu & Pelissier Field seek successor cnsl. (See order for complete details.) Signed by Chief Judge Christopher C. Conner on 10/25/16. (ki)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
MALIBU MEDIA, LLC,

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Plaintiff and Counterclaim :
Defendant,
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v.
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JOHN DOE subscriber assigned IP
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Address 71.58.216.197,
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Defendant, Counterclaim :
Plaintiff, and Third-Party :
Plaintiff,
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v.
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CHRISTOPHER FIORE, BRIGHAM
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FIELD, and COLETTE PELISSIER:
FIELD,
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Third-Party Defendants
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CIVIL ACTION NO. 4:15-CV-2281
(Chief Judge Conner)

ORDER
AND NOW, this 25th day of October, 2016, upon consideration of the
motions (Docs. 41, 43) by defendant John Doe to disqualify Christopher Fiore,
Esquire (“Attorney Fiore”), as counsel to plaintiff and counterclaim defendant
Malibu Media, LLC (“Malibu”), and third-party defendant Colette Pelissier Field
(“Pelissier Field”), and for the reasons stated in the accompanying memorandum,
it is hereby ORDERED that:

1.

John Doe’s motions (Docs. 41, 43) are GRANTED to the extent that
Attorney Fiore is disqualified as counsel to Malibu and Pelissier Field
in the above-captioned action.

2.

Malibu and Pelissier Field shall have a period of thirty (30) days to
obtain successor counsel or, in the case of Pelissier Field, to elect to
proceed pro se.

3.

The pretrial and trial deadlines set forth in the court’s case
management order (Doc. 20) shall remain suspended while Malibu and
Pelissier Field seek successor counsel.

/S/ CHRISTOPHER C. CONNER
Christopher C. Conner, Chief Judge
United States District Court
Middle District of Pennsylvania

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