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Parties Involved:
Client Services Advo
Defendant
Elias Klaich
Plaintiff
Thomason Law Center
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ELIAS KLAICH, individually 

and on behalf of all others 

similarly situated,

Plaintiffs,

v.

THOMASON LAW CENTER, A 

Professional Law Corporation 

d/b/a Client Services Advo,

Defendant.

No. 2:14-CV-00007-GEB-AC

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S 

COUNSEL’S RENEWED MOTION FOR 

PERMISSION TO WITHDRAW AS 

COUNSEL

Kronick Moskovitz Tiedermann & Girard (“KMTG”) have 

filed a renewed motion under Local Rule 182 for “an order 

permitting KMTG to withdraw as counsel of record for [D]efendant 

Thomason Law Center,” a professional law corporation. (Notice of 

Motion 1:24-25, ECF No. 27.) This renewed motion responds to the 

Court’s June 3, 2015 order denying KMTG’s motion for permission 

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to withdraw. Specifically, the earlier motion did not clearly 

state “whether KMTG [had] explained to its client that if KMTG’s 

withdrawal motion [was] granted, Defendant [could not] litigate 

this case in federal court because a corporation must be 

represented by counsel,” and was not accompanied by an “affidavit 

stating the current or last known address of Defendant,” as 

required by Local Rule 182(d). (Order 1:26-2:10, ECF No. 26.) 

In its renewed motion, KMTG provides Defendant’s last 

known address in a declaration, and it avers that it last spoke 

with Defendant on March 27, 2015, at which time Defendant 

suggested and agreed to KMTG withdrawing as 

attorney of record in the instant case [and] 

acknowledged that [as a corporate Defendant 

it] could not appear without [attorney] 

representation, but . . . felt that did not 

matter anymore. [Defendant] indicated that 

because of his financial state and his mental 

and emotional well-being, he may not be 

reachable after the March 27th call.

(Decl. June D. Coleman Supp. Mot. for Permission to Withdraw ¶¶

3-4, 7 ECF No. 27-1.) KMTG also avers it has “attempted to 

contact [Defendant] on several occasions by telephone and email 

since March 27[, 2015], but [has] not received any response.” 

(Id.) KMTG has demonstrated its withdrawal motion should be 

granted. Accordingly, it is granted.

Therefore, Plaintiff’s pending class certification 

motion filed on February 2, 2015 is deemed withdrawn without 

prejudice to being re-noticed before the United States Magistrate 

Judge to whom this case is referred under Local Rule 302(c)(21), 

and the hearing on the class certification motion currently 

scheduled for July 13, 2015 is vacated. See E.D. Cal. R. 

302(c)(21) (prescribing that “all actions in which all the 

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plaintiffs or defendants are . . . in propria persona” are 

referred to assigned magistrate judge). 

KMTG is no longer counsel of record for Defendant 

Thomason Law Center, therefore, future service on Defendant shall

be sent to: 23272 Mill Creek Drive, Suite 350, Laguna Hills, CA 

92653. 

Dated: June 5, 2015

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