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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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U.S. District Court – Pro Hac Vice Application 

Revised July 6, 2021

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Plaintiff(s) 

V.

United States District Court 

Eastern District of California

Case Number: 2:24-cv-03297-DC-CSK

APPLICATION FOR PRO HAC VICE 

AND PROPOSED ORDER

Defendant(s)

Pursuant to Local Rule 180(b)(2) of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California,

Rebecca R. McLaughlin hereby applies for permission to appear and participate as 

counsel in the above entitled action on behalf of the following party or parties:

Fortress North America, LLC and Compass Minerals International, Inc. 

On (date), I was admitted to practice and presently in good standing in the

State of Missouri (court). A certificate of good standing from that court is 

submitted in conjunction with this application. I have not been disbarred or formally censured by a court of 

record or by a state bar association; and there are not disciplinary proceedings against me.

I have I have not concurrently or within the year preceding this application made a pro hac vice

application to this court. (If you have made a pro hac vice application to this court within the last year, list 

the name and case number of each matter in which an application was made, the date of application and 

whether granted or denied.)

Robert Burnham and Sierra Nevada Consulting, Inc., v. Fortress North America, LLC, Compass Minerals International, Inc., and Does 1-10, 

Case No. 2:24-cv-03298-SCR, pro hac application filed concurrently herewith.

Date: 12/02/2024 Signature of Applicant:

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FORTRESS NORTH AMERICA, LLC, a California limited 

liability company, COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL, 

INC., a Delaware corporation, and DOES 1-I0, inclusive,

MICHAEL ASKHER

09.18.2019

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Pro Hac Vice Attorney

Applicant's Name: 

Law Firm Name: 

Address:

City: State: Zip: 

Phone Number w/Area Code: 

City and State of Residence: 

Primary E-mail Address: 

Secondary E-mail Address: 

I hereby designate the following member of the Bar of this Court who is registered for ECF with whom the 

Court and opposing counsel may readily communicate regarding the conduct of the case and upon whom 

electronic notice shall also be served via the Court’s ECF system:

Local Counsel's Name: 

Law Firm Name: 

Address: 

City: State: Zip:

Phone Number w/Area Code: Bar # 186181

ORDER 

The Pro Hac Vice Application is APPROVED. The Pro Hac Vice Attorney is DIRECTED to request 

filing access through PACER. 

Dated: 

Rebecca R. McLaughlin 

Dowd Bennett LLP 

7676 Forsyth Boulevard, Suite 1900 

St. Louis MO 63105 

314-889-7375

St. Louis, MO 

Tory E. Griffin 

Reynolds Tilbury Woodward LLP 

11601 Blocker Drive, Ste. 105 

Auburn CA 95603 

530.653.8426 

rmclaughlin@dowdbennett.com

12/3/2024

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