Milwaukee Inner-City Congregations Allied for Hope (MICAH) v. Gottlieb, Mark et al

Filing 118

ORDER signed by District Judge Lynn Adelman on 3/16/15. IT IS ORDERED that counsel for BHCW and BHCW's president, Dr. Patricia McManus, appear before me in Courtroom 390 of the United States Courthouse, 517 East Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisc onsin on March 23, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. A copy of this order will be mailed to Dr. McManus at 3020 West Vliet Street, Milwaukee, WI 53208, and provided to her electronically at [e-mail]. Defendants need not attend this conference, but they may do so if they wish. (cc: all counsel, via USPS to Dr. Patricia McManus and via email)(dmm)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN

MILWAUKEE INNER-CITY CONGREGATIONS ALLIED
FOR HOPE (MICAH), et al.,
Plaintiffs,
v.

Case No. 12-C-0556

MARK GOTTLIEB, et al.,
Defendants.

ORDER
Counsel for the two plaintiffs in this case have filed a motion to withdraw as counsel
for one of those plaintiffs, the Black Health Coalition of Wisconsin (“BHCW”). The reason
for the withdrawal is that BHCW has discharged its counsel. However, BHCW has not
hired replacement counsel. Corporations and other associations can appear in federal
court only through a licensed attorney. See, e.g., Rowland v. California Men's Colony, Unit
II Men's Advisory Council, 506 U.S. 194, 201–03 (1993). Thus, before considering the
motion to withdraw, I will require plaintiffs’ counsel and BHCW’s president, Dr. Patricia
McManus, to appear before me for a status conference. The defendants need not attend
this conference, but they may do so if they wish. If necessary to protect confidential
communications, part of the status conference will be conducted in camera with only
plaintiffs’ counsel and McManus present.
Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that counsel for BHCW and BHCW’s president, Dr.
Patricia McManus, appear before me in Courtroom 390 of the United States Courthouse,
517 East Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin on March 23, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. A

copy of this order will be mailed to Dr. McManus at 3020 West Vliet Street, Milwaukee, WI
53208, and provided to her electronically at [e-mail].
Dated at Milwaukee, Wisconsin this 16th day of March 2015.

s/ Lynn Adelman
______________________________
LYNN ADELMAN
District Judge

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