Kho, Jr v. Sun

Opinion

2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 3 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 4 * * * 5 HAYDEN KHO, JR., ET AL., Case No. 2:19-cv-00596-JCM-DJA 6 Plaintiffs, v. 8 JIANGTIAN SUN, ET AL., 9 Defendants. 10 11 This matter is before the Court on Defense Counsel Robert A. Rabbat’s Motion to 12 Withdraw (ECF No. 22), filed on November 8, 2019. Pursuant to Local Rule (“LR”) IA 11-6, 13 “[n]o attorney may withdraw after appearing in a case except by leave of Court after notice has 14 been served on the affected client and opposing counsel.” See LR IA 11-6(b). Having reviewed 15 the motion, the Court finds that requirements of LR IA 11-6(b) have been met. Mr. Rabbat 16 indicates that Defendants have failed to meet their obligations to his firm and ceased all 17 communication necessitating his withdrawal. The Court will require that Defendant Jiangtian 18 Sun notify the Court by December 13, 2019 as to his intent to proceed pro se or with other 19 representation. Failure to do so may result in dispositive sanctions 20 Further, the Court will require that Defendant Sun Timepiece Trade, LLC advise the Court 21 if it will retain new counsel by December 13, 2019 as it must retain new counsel if it intends to 22 continue to litigate this matter. See United States v. High Country Broad., 3 F.3d 1244, 1245 (9th 23 Cir. 1993) (per curiam); In re Am. W. Airlines, 40 F.3d 1058, 1059 (9th Cir. 1994) (stating that 24 “[c]orporations and other unincorporated associations must appear in court through an attorney.”). 25 Filing a notice of new counsel on or before December 13, 2019 is sufficient to comply with the 26 Court’s order. Failure to respond may result in a recommendation to the United States District 27 1 Judge assigned to this case that dispositive sanctions be issued against Defendant Sun Timepiece 2 Trade, LLC, including dismissal of this action. 3 IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Defense Counsel Robert A. Rabbat’s Motion to 4 Withdraw (ECF No. 22) is granted. 5 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendant Jiangtian Sun shall notify the Court as to 6 whether he intends to proceed pro se or retain counsel by December 13, 2019. Failure to notify 7 the Court as to his representation status may subject him to dispositive sanctions, including a 8 recommendation for dismissal of this action. 9 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendant Sun Timepiece Trade, LLC shall have 10 until December 13, 2019 to advise the Court if it will retain new counsel. Failure to notify the 11 Court as to their new representation may subject it to dispositive sanctions, including a 12 recommendation for dismissal of this action. 13 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall add the last known 14 address of Defendants to the civil docket and send a copy of this Order to Defendants’ last known 15 address: 16 Jiangtian Sun and Sun Timepiece Trade, LLC 17 5975 Garden Vista St. 18 Las Vegas, NV 89113 19 702-588-2988 20 DATED: November 13, 2019 21 DANIEL J. ALBREGTS 22 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 23 24 25 26 27