Norval v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company et al

Filing 24

ORDER granting 23 Motion to withdraw as counsel. Attorney Karolyn Ann Hicks is terminated as counsel for Interpleader Counter-Defendant Janine Haug. Signed by Judge James L. Robart. (PM) cc: Janine Haug via the USPS

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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SALLY NORVAL,

CASE NO. C17-0704JLR
Plaintiff,

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v.
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ORDER GRANTING AMENDED
MOTION TO WITHDRAW AS
COUNSEL

METROPOLITAN LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANY, et al.,

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Defendants.

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Before the court is Karolyn Hicks’s amended motion to withdraw as counsel for
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Interpleader Counter-Defendant Janine Haug. (Am. Mot. (Dkt. # 23).) Local Civil Rule
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83.2(b)(1) provides that unless there is a change of counsel within the same law firm, an
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attorney may withdraw from representation only by leave of court. Local Rules W.D.
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Wash. LCR 83.2(b)(1). “Leave shall be obtained by filing a motion or a stipulation and
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proposed order for withdrawal . . . .” Id. The court will ordinarily permit an attorney to
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withdraw until 60 days before the discovery cut-off. Id. A motion for withdrawal “shall
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include a certification that the motion was served on the client and opposing counsel.”

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Id. In addition, if the attorney’s withdrawal will leave a party unrepresented, the motion

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must include that party’s address and telephone number. Id.

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Ms. Hicks and the firm Stokes Lawrence, P.S. move to withdraw as counsel of

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record for Ms. Haug. (See Am. Mot. at 1.) Because the amended motion complies with

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the requirements for attorney withdrawal set forth in Local Civil Rule 83.2(b), the court

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GRANTS the amended motion to withdraw (Dkt. # 23).

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Dated this 8th day of September, 2017.

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JAMES L. ROBART
United States District Judge

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