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Nature of Suit Code: 130
Nature of Suit: Miller Act
Cause of Action: 28:1352 Miller Act

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Defendant James E. Zoucha was erroneously named as James E. 1

Zourcha in the Complaint. (Decl. of Karen Shanbrom in Supp. of Order to

Shorten Time (“Shanbrom Decl.”) ¶ 1.)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, for the )

Use and Benefit of NRA ) 2:06-CV-434-GEB-GGH

CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC., )

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Plaintiff, )

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v. ) ORDER

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EAI INTERNATIONAL; and JAMES E. )

ZOURCHA, )

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Defendants. )

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The law firm of Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, LLP

(“Sedgwick”) moves to withdraw as counsel for Defendant James E.

Zoucha (“Zoucha”). Sedgwick argues that it should be permitted to 1

withdraw because Zoucha owes the firm more than $20,000 in outstanding

legal fees. (Shanbrom Decl. ¶ 8.) Further, Zoucha has advised

Sedgwick that he does not have any money to pay these fees. (Shanbrom

Decl. ¶ 8.) Therefore, the motion is granted. In order to ensure

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This modification to the Rule 16 scheduling order reduces the 2

amount of time between the trial commencement date of April 22, 2008,

and the final pretrial conference. Because of this reduction, it is

unlikely that a settlement conference supervised by a federal judge will

be scheduled in this action.

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that Zoucha has more time to join in preparing a joint pretrial

statement, the pretrial conference is re-scheduled for February 25,

2008 at 2:30 p.m.2

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 9, 2008

 

GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR.

United States District Judge

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