Board of Trustees of the Construction Industry and Laborers Health and Welfare Trust v. Sentinel Maintenance of Las Vegas, LLC ( 2024 )

1 2 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 4 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 5 6 BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY AND Case No. 2:22-cv-00565-JCM-NJK 7 LABORERS HEALTH AND WELFARE TRUST, et al., Order 8 Plaintiff(s), [Docket No. 82] 9 v. 10 SENTINEL MAINTENANCE OF LAS 11 VEGAS, LLC, et al., 12 Defendant(s). 13 Pending before the Court is a renewed motion to withdraw as counsel for Defendants 14 Sentinel Maintenance and SMI. Docket No. 82.1 Despite ample time passing, no response has 15 been filed by Plaintiffs or by Sentinel Maintenance and SMI. For good cause shown, that motion 16 to withdraw is conditionally GRANTED. This order granting withdrawal will become effective 17 upon the filing by withdrawing counsel of a certificate that Defendants were sent a copy of this 18 order, and that Defendants were notified of the withdrawal of counsel and the requirement to retain 19 new counsel (discussed below). Such certificate must be filed by July 1, 2024. 20 Defendants are advised that they cannot proceed in this matter without retaining a 21 licensed attorney. United States v. High Country Broad. Co., 3 F.3d 1244, 1245 (9th Cir. 1993). 22 As such, Defendants must retain new counsel and have that attorney file a notice of appearance by 23 July 8, 2024. Failure to comply with this order may result in the imposition of sanctions. See, 24 e.g., Rausch v. World Series of Golf, Inc., 2012 WL 1517294, at *4 (D. Nev. Apr. 23, 2012) 25 (addressing withdrawal of counsel in the judgment debtor context). Moreover, nothing in this 26 27 28 1 The first motion to withdraw was denied without prejudice. Docket No. 81. 1} order absolves Defendants of the requirement to timely respond (through new counsel) to the 2|| pending motions for judgment debtor examination. Docket No. 83, 84. 3 IT IS SO ORDERED. 4 Dated: June 27, 2024 Nancy J. Koppé, \, 6 United States Magistrate Judge 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28