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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition For Removal--Other Contract

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 The Court notes that counsel representing all of Land Bridge’s members

informed the Court at the Scheduling Conference held on April 18, 2011, that the

members consented to the withdrawal of Land Bridge’s counsel, that Land Bridge

would not be obtaining new counsel, and that they understood that Land Bridge

would be defaulted.

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Horizon Community Bank,

 Plaintiff,

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Land Bridge, LLC, et al.,

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No. CV-11-8017-PCT-GMS

 

 ORDER

 

In an Order (Doc. 28) entered on April 4, 2011, the Court permitted counsel

for defendant Land Bridge, LLC to withdraw without concurrent substitution of new

counsel and warned Land Bridge that, as a limited liability company which could only

appear in federal court through licensed counsel, it was subject to having its answer

stricken and default and default judgment entered against it if it failed to substitute

new counsel by May 16, 2011. Since a review of the record establishes that Land

Bridge has to date failed to obtain new counsel, the Court finds that Land Bridge’s

answer (Doc. 13) should be stricken and that default should be entered against it.1

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 The Clerk of the Court is advised that the contact information for the

defendants Shomer, who are now representing themselves, is set forth in

document 38.

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See Employee Painters’ Trust v. Ethan Enterprises, Inc., 480 F.3d 993, 998 (9th

Cir.2007); United States v. High Country Broadcasting Co., Inc., 3 F.3d 1244, 1245

(9th Cir.1993), cert. denied, 513 U.S. 826 (1994). The Court will not resolve the issue

of whether default judgment should be entered against Land Bridge until the

resolution of claims in this action against the individual defendants. See In re First

T.D. & Investment, Inc., 253 F.3d 520, 532 (9th Cir.2001). Therefore,

IT IS ORDERED that defendant Land Bridge, LLC’s Answer (Doc. 13) is

stricken and that the Clerk of the Court shall enter default against defendant Land

Bridge, LLC.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Motion to Withdraw as Counsel for

Defendants Bobby and Kristen Shomer (With Consent) (Doc. 38) is granted pursuant

to LRCiv 83.3(b)(1) and that Roger C. Decker and Robert Scott Currey and the law

firm of Udall, Shumway & Lyons, P.L.C. are withdrawn as counsel solely for

defendants Bobby Shomer and Kristen L. Shomer.2

DATED this 6th day of June, 2011.

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