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Parties Involved:
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant
Sheila Williams-Carter
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SHEILA WILLIAMS-CARTER,

Plaintiff,

v.

COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL 

SECURITY,

Defendant.

No. 2:13-cv-1744-KJN

ORDER

On June 5, 2014, plaintiff’s counsel filed a motion to withdraw as counsel for plaintiff. 

(ECF No. 16.) Plaintiff’s counsel indicates that there has been a breakdown in communication 

with plaintiff, making it impractical for him to continue to represent plaintiff effectively. The 

motion outlines plaintiff’s counsel’s efforts to communicate with plaintiff concerning the desired 

withdrawal, and the proof of service indicates that the motion to withdraw was served on plaintiff

on June 5, 2014 by First Class Mail at her last-known address. (ECF No. 16-2.)

Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment is presently due on June 9, 2014, after the court 

has already granted two extensions of time to file the motion. (ECF No. 15.) The latest extension 

was apparently requested by plaintiff’s counsel in light of an anticipated motion to withdraw and 

to permit plaintiff to retain new counsel. (ECF No. 14.) 

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In light of the above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff shall file a written response to plaintiff’s counsel’s motion to withdraw no 

later than July 7, 2014. The response shall indicate whether or not plaintiff consents 

to withdrawal of plaintiff’s counsel, and if not, the reasons therefor.

2. Alternatively, if plaintiff does not wish for her case to be pursued at this juncture, she 

may file a statement consenting to dismissal of the action without prejudice no later 

than July 7, 2014. 

3. Failure to file either a written response to the motion to withdraw or a statement of 

consent to dismissal of the action by the required deadline will be deemed a statement 

of non-opposition to the motion to withdraw, and will result in a summary grant of the 

motion to withdraw, leaving plaintiff to proceed in this action without counsel.

4. The briefing deadlines in this action are temporarily suspended. The court will issue a 

further order concerning briefing deadlines after resolution of the pending motion to 

withdraw.

5. The Clerk of Court shall serve a copy of this order on plaintiff herself at the lastknown address for plaintiff provided by plaintiff’s counsel in the proof of service of 

the motion to withdraw: Sheila Williams-Carter, 730 31st Street, Oakland, California 

94609.

6. Plaintiff’s counsel shall also use his best efforts to attempt to provide plaintiff with 

notice of this order through any e-mail address or telephone number for plaintiff that 

plaintiff’s counsel may have. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 6, 2014

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