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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ERIC MOSS,

Plaintiff,

v.

R. DIXON, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 11-cv-04706-WHO 

ORDER REGARDING SUBSTITUTION 

OF COUNSEL AND STAY

Re: Dkt. Nos. 40, 41

The parties have filed a Stipulation and [Proposed] Order For Stay of Proceedings up to 

and including May 7, 2014 because plaintiff's counsel, Jeffrey Yazel, is about to be suspended 

from the practice of law in California and his client will need that amount of time to retain new 

counsel, learn the case and be prepared to proceed in this matter. The California State Bar website 

does not indicate that Yazel is currently suspended.

The Court will treat the Stipulation as a request by Yazel to withdraw as counsel for 

plaintiff Eric Moss. Given the impending suspension, the Court will overlook Yazel's failure to 

comply with Civil Local Rule 11-5 and GRANT the request, conditioned upon Yazel's filing a 

notice of substitution indicating the consent of Mr. Moss to represent himself pro se, assuming that 

Mr. Moss does not yet have a new attorney. The notice of substitution must include Mr. Moss's 

signature and contact information so that he can receive appropriate notices from the Court and 

opposing counsel. This information must be provided for the case to proceed--the Court does not 

currently have any information by which it can communicate with plaintiff if Yazel ceases 

representing Mr. Moss. The notice of substitution must be filed by January 14, 2014. 

The lengthy stay requested by the parties is DENIED. This case has been pending since 

September 21, 2011. Inspection of the docket reveals that very little pretrial activity has occurred.

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The Court recently set a trial date of December 8, 2014. The Court ORDERS a stay of discovery 

and motion practice through February 18, 2014, on which date the Court will hold a Case 

Management Conference at 2 p.m. Mr. Moss may appear by phone if he is still unrepresented. 

The purpose of this Conference will be to determine whether Mr. Moss has found new counsel 

and, if not, whether there is any purpose in continuing the stay or adjusting any of the deadlines 

previously set by the Court. 

Yazel shall serve this Order on Mr. Moss immediately and file a proof of service with

ECF. In the event no notice of substitution is filed within seven days, defendant shall serve Mr. 

Moss with a copy of this Order at his last known address.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 7, 2014

______________________________________

WILLIAM H. ORRICK

United States District Judge

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