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Nature of Suit Code: 380
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Property Damage
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Breach of Fiduciary Duty

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

CHARLOTTE B. MILLINER, et al.,

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

BOCK EVANS FINANCIAL 

COUNSEL, LTD., 

Defendant. 

Case No. 15-cv-01763-TEH 

ORDER GRANTING 

ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION FOR 

EXTENSION TO SECURE 

COUNSEL 

 

On February 3, 2016, this Court granted Shustak Reynolds & Partners, P.C.’s 

Motion to Withdraw as Counsel for Defendant Bock Evans Financial Counsel (“Bock 

Evans”). Docket No. 57. In that Order, the Court granted Bock Evans 30 days – or until 

March 4, 2016 – to find substitute counsel, or else have its answer stricken and default 

entered against it. Id. at 4. With that deadline to secure substitute counsel approaching, 

Bock Evans filed an Administrative Motion for Extension to Secure Counsel on February 

29, 2016. Docket No. 58. Bock Evans seeks a 60-day extension of the Court’s original 

deadline for securing replacement counsel. Id. at 2. 

In its Administrative Motion, Bock Evans explained that it has contacted three 

prospective law firms since the Court’s Order, but has yet to hear back from any of the 

three firms, and therefore has yet to secure replacement counsel. Id. Because Bock Evans 

is actively taking steps to comply with the Court’s order, the Court is willing to grant some 

extension of the deadline to enable Bock Evans to follow through with these attempts to 

secure counsel. But the same concerns that motivated the Court’s original 30-day deadline 

persist, such that Bock Evans’ request for a 60-day extension is unwarranted. 

Accordingly, Bock Evans’ Administration Motion is hereby GRANTED IN PART. 

The deadline to secure replacement counsel shall be extended 45 days – or until April 18, 

2016. Bock Evans therefore has until April 18, 2016 to find substitute counsel. If Bock 

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Evans has not filed a substitution of counsel by that date, then its answer will be deemed 

stricken and default will be entered against it. 

No further extensions will be entertained by this Court. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 03/01/16 _____________________________________ 

THELTON E. HENDERSON 

United States District Judge 

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