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Parties Involved:
Allstate Insurance
Defendant
Efrain Garcia
Plaintiff
Ofelia Garcia
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

EFRAIN GARCIA, et al.

Plaintiffs,

vs.

ALLSTATE INSURANCE,

Defendant.

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Case No. 1:12-cv-00609-AWI-SKO 

ORDER HOLDING IN ABEYANCE

PLAINTIFFS' LODGED FIRST

AMENDED COMPLAINT

(Docket No. 29)

On April 22, 2013, Magistrate Judge Sheila K. Oberto issued Findings and

Recommendations ("F&R") that Plaintiffs Efrain Garcia and Ofelia Garcia's ("Plaintiffs") Motion

for Relief be granted. (Doc. 28.) The F&R further recommended that the order closing the case and

the judgment against Plaintiffs be set aside, Plaintiffs be ordered to file an amended complaint, and

Plaintiff's current counsel, Joseph Todd Armas, be ordered to either file a substitution of attorney

form or inform the Court if Plaintiffs wish to continue proceeding with attorney Armas as their

counsel. (Doc. 28, p. 15.)

The F&R stated that any party may file written objections to the recommendations within

twenty-one (21) days of the service of the F&R. (Doc. 28, 15:28-16:2.) Assuch, the F&R objection

period runs until May 16, 2013.

OnMay8, 2013, Plaintiffs, representing themselves and not through their counsel, submitted

a First Amended Complaint for Damages, which was lodged with the Court. (Doc. 29.) The

objection period for the F&R is still open, and Plaintiffs have not yet been given leave to file an

amended complaint. The case is still currently closed pending a final order from the District Judge

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regarding the F&R. Further, Plaintiffs are still represented by attorney Armas in this action, and

Plaintiffs cannot represent themselves until a substitution of attorney form is filed or Plaintiffs seek

to have attorney Armas dismissed as counsel.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiffs' First Amended Complaint, lodged

at Docket No. 29, be HELD IN ABEYANCE until after the objection period for the F&R is closed,

the District Judge issues an order making a final determination on the F&R, and attorney Armas is

either substituted or dismissed as counsel.

The Clerks' Office is DIRECTED to serve Plaintiffs with a copy of this order via U.S. mail

at the following address:

Efrain Garcia and Ofelia Garcia

1095 Adams Avenue

Orange Cove, CA 93646

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 10, 2013 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto 

cc0hp0 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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