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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Petition for Removal

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Smith v. Cargill, etc. 1:09-CV-01155-OWW-SM 

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO BE RELIEVED AS COUNSEL FOR 

PLAINTIFF MAURICE SMITH

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MAURICE SMITH, 

 

 Plaintiff, 

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CARGILL MEAT SOLUTIONS 

CORPORATION dba CARGILL BEEF 

PACKERS, INC., and DOES 1 through 

100, inclusive, 

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CASE NO. 1:09-CV-01155-OWWSMS 

[Fresno County Superior Court Case 

No. 08CECG02298DSB]

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO 

BE RELIEVED AS COUNSEL FOR 

PLAINTIFF MAURICE SMITH 

Date: 3/15/2010 

Time: 10:00 a.m. 

Courtroom: 3 

Judge Oliver W. Wanger 

 

 

After due consideration of all of the relevant pleadings, papers and records in 

Kenneth Clark (SBN: 85194) 

David Romley (SBN: 82713) 

James Li (SBN: 176662) 

3245 S. Hughes Avenue 

Fresno, California 93706 

(559) 579-4447 

Fax: (559) 276-2210 

Attorneys for Plaintiff MAURICE SMITH

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this action; and upon such oral and documentary evidence or argument as was 

presented to the Court with respect to the Motion filed by Plaintiff’s counsel of 

record, Kenneth E. Clark, James Li, and David Romley, for an Order allowing said 

counsel to withdraw from this action as counsel of record for MAURICE SMITH 

[Docket, Document 14], and in their place and stead, substituting MAURICE 

SMITH in as his own counsel of record, in propia persona, the Court hereby finds 

that: 

Good cause exists for granting the motion to withdraw. Accordingly, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

1. The Motion to Withdraw as Attorney of Record for Plaintiff MAURICE 

SMITH is granted; 

2. Attorneys Kenneth E. Clark, James Li, and David Romley, are hereby 

relieved as counsel of record for Plaintiff and no longer represent Plaintiff as 

counsel of record in this action; 

3. Plaintiff MAURICE SMITH is ordered to secure new counsel to 

represent him in this action, and that new counsel shall file his appearance with this 

Court by May 15, 2010; 

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4. A copy of this Order shall be served on Plaintiff MAURICE SMITH by 

his former counsel, Kenneth E. Clark, at his home address, and on all other counsel 

of record in this action. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

 

 

DATED: May 5, 2010 

/s/ OLIVER W. WANGER

 United States District Judge 

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