Steve Milone v. John F. English

282 F.2d 828, 108 U.S. App. D.C. 345, 1960 U.S. App. LEXIS 4492

• Court: Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
• Decided: May 25, 1960
• Docket: 15713_1
• Status: Published

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

This appeal of six of the plaintiffs in Civil Action No. 2361-57, pending in the District Court, namely, Steve Milone, Andrew Boggia, Frank Kennedy, Thomas Manning, John McManus, and George Becker, from an order of the District Court of the second day of May, 1960, denying the motion of these appellants as plaintiffs in the District Court proceedings for substitution of counsel for them and for other purposes came on to be heard, was argued by counsel, and submitted ;

And it appearing that these appellants had discharged their former counsel and had duly chosen as their counsel Robert Silagi; it is

Ordered by the court, nunc pro tunc, May 13, 1960, that the order of the District Court of May 2, 1960, denying the motion for substitution and for other purposes is vacated in its entirety and the District Court is directed to grant the motion for substitution of Robert Silagi as counsel for these appellants as plaintiffs in the District Court proceedings;

In view of the foregoing the motion of appellants to expedite the appeal is moot, and is accordingly dismissed.

It is Further Ordered by the court that the certified copy of this order shall issue to the District Court forthwith.

WILBUR K. MILLER, Circuit Judge, dissents.