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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Other Contract

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE 

COMPANY, Case No.: 2:23-cv-02850-DJC-JDP

Plaintiff,

v. ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO 

CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL WITHDRAW AS COUNSEL

SYSTEMS, INC., ET AL.,

Defendants.

On November 6, 2024, the attorney for Defendant California Environmental 

Systems, Inc., Jamie Dreyer, filed a Motion to Withdraw as Counsel and noticed said 

motion for hearing on January 23, 2025. (ECF No. 39.) On December 17, 2024, 

Defendants filed a Notice of Filing Bankruptcy as to Defendants Carter S. Pierce, Jr. 

and Elizabeth Pierce. (ECF No. 41.)

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Good cause appearing, Counsel’s Motion to Withdraw as Counsel (ECF No. 39) 

is GRANTED.1 The attorney for California Environmental Systems, Inc. shall serve a 

copy of this order on said defendant forthwith and shall file a certificate of service 

immediately thereafter. Further, the Court GRANTS Defendant California 

Environmental Systems, Inc. thirty (30) days to obtain new counsel after which Jamie 

Dreyer and Downey Brand LLP shall be terminated as attorney of record. California 

Environmental Systems, Inc. is advised that Plaintiff may pursue recourse via default 

judgment if Defendant fails to obtain new counsel within the prescribed timeframe. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 17, 2025 

Hon. Daniel J. Calabretta

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

1 This action remains stayed pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 362 but the Court acts on this action because it 

concerns a procedural issue related to non-bankrupt defendant. See In re Related Asbestos Cases, 23 

B.R. 523 (N.D. Cal. 1982). 

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