OnPointe Community Care LV LLC v. Charter Health Holdings, Inc.

• Court: District Court, D. Nevada
• Decided: January 17, 2024
• Docket: 2:22-cv-01235
• Status: Unknown

Opinion

2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 3 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 4 * * * 5 OnPointe Community Care LV LLC; JWR Case No. 2:22-cv-01235-GMN-DJA 6 Management LLC; and John Rittenour,

7 Plaintiffs, Order

8 v.

9 Charter Health Holdings, Inc.,

10 Defendant.

11 12 Amy F. Sorenson, Esq.; Kelly H. Dove, Esq.; and Erin M. Getel, Esq. of the law form 13 Snell & Wilmer, LLP move to withdraw as counsel of record for Defendant Charter Health 14 Holdings, Inc. (ECF No. 46). The Court finds that counsel has sufficiently met the requirements 15 of Local Rule IA 11-6(b).1 Additionally, no party has opposed the motion, constituting their 16 consent to the Court granting it under Local Rule 7-2(d). Because it is a corporation, Charter 17 Health Holdings, Inc. must retain counsel to proceed in this action. See Reading Intern., Inc. v. 18 Malulani Group, Ltd., 814 F.3d 1046, 1053 (9th Cir. 2016) (explaining that corporations must be 19 represented by counsel). 20 21 IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Snell & Wilmer’s motion to withdraw (ECF No. 22 46) is granted. 23

24 1 Local Rule IA 11-6(b) requires that “the attorney must file a motion or stipulation and serve it on the affected client and opposing counsel.” Counsel does not include a certificate of service or 25 explanation that the motion was served on Charter. However, counsel represents that “Charter has been advised in writing of: (1) Snell & Wilmer’s withdrawal as counsel; (2) the status of the 26 above-captioned case, and (3) all pending dates and deadlines” and that “Charter agrees with [the 27 request to withdraw] and no longer wishes to be represented by Snell & Wilmer.” (ECF No. 46 at 2-3). Given this representation, the Court finds that counsel has sufficiently fulfilled their ] IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Charter Health Holdings, Inc. must file a status report 2 || regarding its retention of counsel on or before February 16, 2024. 3 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of Court is kindly directed to place Charter 4 || Health Holdings, Inc.’s last known addresses on the docket: 5 6 Charter Health Holdings, Inc. c/o The Corporation Trust Company 7 Corporation Trust Center 1209 Orange St. 8 Wilmington, DE 19801 ? Charter Health Holdings, Inc. 10 9660 Haven Ave., Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730 11 12 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of Court is kindly directed to mail this order 13 || to Charter Health Holdings, Inc. at the addresses listed above. 14 15 DATED: January 17, 2024 .

16 DANIEL J. ALBREGYS 17 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28