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

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 

Idearc Media LLC, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

Palmisano & Associates PC, et al., 

Defendants.

No. CV-09-02147-PHX-JAT

ORDER 

 Pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s Motion for Award of Attorneys’ Fees and 

Related Non-Taxable Expenses (Doc. 63) and James E. Brown, P.C.’s Motion to 

Withdraw as Counsel of Record without Consent (Doc. 70). The Court now rules on the 

motions. 

I. Motion for Award of Attorneys’ Fees

 Following the Court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Plaintiff and against 

Defendants, (Doc. 61), Plaintiff moved for an award of attorneys’ fees, (Doc. 63), to 

which Plaintiff did not respond. In its September 5, 2013 Order, the Court stated: 

The Court could deem Defendants’ failure to respond to the motion for attorneys’ fees to be consent to the Court granting the Motion. See LRCiv 7.2(i) (stating that, if the required answering memoranda are not served and filed, such 

noncompliance may be deemed consent to the granting of the motion and the Court may dispose of the motion summarily). 

However, the Court will grant Defendants an additional ten 

days from the date of this Order to respond to Plaintiff’s Motion for Attorneys’ Fees (Doc. 63). Plaintiff shall have 

seven days from the date the response is filed to file a reply in support of their Motion for Attorneys’ Fees. However, if Defendants fail to file a response within ten days of the date of this Order, the Court will deem the non-response consent 

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to granting the Motion for Attorneys’ Fees and will award 

such attorneys’ fees without further notice to the Parties. 

Moreover, Defense counsel is warned that, in future cases, he 

must comply with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and 

the Local Rules of this Court and should not rely on the Court granting sua sponte extensions of time. 

(Doc. 68 at 4-5). Accordingly, the Court ordered Defendants to file a response to 

Plaintiff’s Motion for Attorneys’ Fees and again warned Defendants that the Court would 

deem failure to respond as consent to granting the motion: 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendants shall file a 

response to Plaintiff’s Motion for Attorneys’ Fees (Doc. 63) within ten days of the date of this Order. Plaintiff shall have 

seven days from the date the response is filed to file a reply in support of their Motion for Attorneys’ Fees (Doc. 63). If Defendants fail to file a response within ten days of the date of this Order, the Court will deem the non-response consent 

to granting the Motion for Attorneys’ Fees and will award 

such attorneys’ fees without further notice to the Parties. 

(Id. at 5). 

 Defendants have not filed a response. Therefore, for the reasons stated in the 

Court’s September 5, 2013 Order, the Court deems Defendants’ failure to respond to be 

consent to granting the motion. The Court grants Plaintiff’s Motion for Attorneys’ Fees. 

II. Motion to Withdraw as Attorney

 On September 18, 2013, counsel for Defendants moved, unopposed, to withdraw 

as counsel of record. (Doc. 70). Because nothing remains pending in this case, the motion 

to withdraw is denied without prejudice to refile it if counsel deems it to be necessary. If 

counsel chooses to refile, counsel must address the fact that neither a corporation nor an 

LLC may appear in federal court without counsel. D-Beam Ltd. P’ship v. Roller Derby 

Skates, Inc., 366 F.3d 972, 973-74 (9th Cir. 2004); Pope Equity Trust v. Stradley, 818 

F.2d 696, 697 (9th Cir. 1987). 

III. Conclusion

 For the foregoing reasons, 

 IT IS ORDERED granting Plaintiff’s Motion for Attorneys’ Fees (Doc. 63) in 

full; Plaintiff is awarded attorneys’ fees in the amount of $78,562.00. 

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED denying without prejudice James E. Brown, P.C.’s 

Motion to Withdraw as Counsel of Record Without Consent (Doc. 70). 

 Dated this 21st day of March, 2014. 

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