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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1331cv Fed. Question: Other Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DONALD LUMB,

Plaintiff,

CASE NO. 15cv2623-LAB (MDD)

ORDER GRANTING LEAVE TO FILE

BRIEFING ON ISSUE OF JUDICIAL

NOTICE

vs.

BORDER PATROL SUPERVISOR PETE

BURGOS, et al.,

Defendants.

On November 30, the Court ordered counsel for Plaintiff Donald Lumb, Mary Prevost,

to lodge a motion she had filed with the state bar. (Docket no. 16 at 2:8–12.) She was

ordered to do so by attaching it to a notice and filing it in the docket. In the same order, the

Court proposed to take judicial notice of certain records and facts. The order permitted any

party who wished to be heard on the subject to file a notice that the party wished to be

heard.

Instead of obeying the Court’s order, Prevost gave excuses for not lodging the motion

as ordered. In the same filing, she purported to continue to represent Lumb by making a

request to be heard regarding judicial notice. The Court’s order did not require or permit

Prevost to make such requests on behalf of Lumb. As long as she is ineligible to practice

law in California, she must not file anything in the docket or make arguments to the Court,

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unless ordered or specifically permitted to do so by the Court. Lumb can of course substitute

in other counsel, or may substitute in pro se. But a person ineligible to practice law may not

file pleadings or file documents on behalf of a client.

In the interests of expediting the case, which at this point is rather old, the Court will

grant Lumb leave to brief the issue. No later than December 16, 2016, Lumb may file a

memorandum of points and authorities, not longer than five pages, giving his position on the

issue.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: December 2, 2016

HONORABLE LARRY ALAN BURNS

United States District Judge

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