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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 Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

**E-filed**

September 13, 2005

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

ISMART INTERNATIONAL

LIMITED, 

Plaintiff,

 v.

 I-DOCSECURE, LLC, ET AL., 

Defendants.

 /

NO. 5:04-cv-3114 RMW (RS)

ORDER GRANTING WHITE AND

CASE'S MOTION TO BE

RELIEVED AS COUNSEL OF

RECORD

The law firm of White & Case LLP seeks to withdraw as counsel of record for plaintiff and

counterdefendant iSmart International Ltd. ("ISI") in the above-entitled action. Defendants do not oppose the

motion to withdraw, however, they request that the Courtset a very short deadline by which ISI must obtain

new counsel. They also request an order which states that failure to obtain new counsel by the date scheduled

will result in the dismissal of this case.

Pursuant to Civil L.R. 7-1(b), the motion to withdraw was submitted without oral argument. 

Based on all papers filed to date, the Court grants the motion by White & Case to withdraw as counsel of

record, subject to the condition that subsequent papers will continue to be served on counsel for forwarding

purposes untilnew counselappearsinthe case. See CivilL.R. 11-5(b) (providing that whenwithdrawalis not

accompanied by a substitution of counsel, the Court may condition withdrawal on the order that counsel

continue to be served with papersinthe case forforwarding purposes until new counsel appears in the case).

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ISI shall retain new counsel within thirty (30) days of this order and new counsel shall file a notice of

appearance immediately upon being retained. ISI is advised that failure to retain new counsel or otherwise

respond within thirty (30) days of the filing of this order may result in the imposition of sanctions or other

appropriate measures. Any events scheduled to occur in this action within the next thirty(30) days are stayed

pending the substitution of new counsel.

Dated: September 13, 2005 /s/ Richard Seeborg 

RICHARD SEEBORG

United States Magistrate Judge

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THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT COPIES OF THIS ORDER HAVE BEEN DELIVERED TO:

Michael Chaplin mchaplin@whitecase.com, drose@whitecase.com 

James Arthur Hughes jah@greenstamps.com, vih@greenstamps.com 

Marc A. Koonin marc.koonin@sdma.com 

Joseph Kouri joseph.kouri@sdma.com 

Travers D. Wood twood@whitecase.com, kdhill@la.whitecase.com 

Dated: 9/13/05 Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By:_______DM________________

Chambers

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