Ryan v. 99 Cents Only Stores LLC

• Court: District Court, D. Nevada
• Decided: July 15, 2025
• Docket: 2:22-cv-01937
• Status: Unknown

Opinion

2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 3 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 4 * * * 5 Maureen Ryan, Case No. 2:22-cv-01937-GMN-DJA 6 Plaintiff, 7 Order v. 8 99 Cents Only Stores LLC dba 99 Cents Only 9 Store; et al.,

10 Defendants.

11 12 Lew Brandon, Jr., Esq., and Jeffrey J. Orr, Esq., of the law firm Brandon | Smerber Law 13 Firm moves to withdraw as counsel of record for Defendant 99 Cents Only Stores LLC dba 99 14 Cents Only Store. (ECF No. 34). The Court finds that counsel has met the requirements of Local 15 Rule IA 11-6(b). Additionally, no party has opposed the motion, constituting their consent to the 16 Court granting it under Local Rule 7-2(d). 17 99 Cents Only must retain counsel to proceed in this action because it is a corporation. 18 See Reading Intern., Inc. v. Malulani Group, Ltd., 814 F.3d 1046, 1053 (9th Cir. 2016) 19 (explaining that corporations must be represented by counsel). However, the case is currently 20 stayed due to 99 Cents Only’s bankruptcy and the parties’ next joint status report is not due until 21 August 14, 2025. (ECF No. 34). So, the Court will not require 99 Cents Only to appear through 22 counsel until it files or signs onto the joint status report. 23 24 25 26 /// 27 /// ] IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that counsel motion to withdraw (ECF No. 34) is 2 || granted. 3 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of Court is kindly directed to place 99 4 || Cents Only’s last known addresses on the docket: 5 99 Cents Only Stores, LLC 6 c/o Dana Kane Chief Compliance Office 7 Meta Advisors LLC 10100 Santa Monica Boulevard, 13th Floor 8 Los Angeles, California 90067-4003 9 10 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of Court is kindly directed to send this 11 || order to 99 Cents Only at the addresses listed above. 12 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, because it is a corporation, 99 Cents Only must 13 || appear in this action through counsel when it files or signs onto the parties’ joint status report due 14 |} August 14, 2025. 15 16 DATED: July 15, 2025, ~ 17 yp DANIEL J. ALBREGTS 4 18 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28