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Parties Involved:
Samuel D. Felleke
Defendant
Rebecca T. Shumye
Plaintiff

Document Text:

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

REBECCA T SHUMYE,

 Plaintiff,

 v.

SAMUEL D FELLEKE,

Defendant. /

No. C06-03322 MJJ

ORDER (1) DESIGNATING AFFIDAVIT

BY SHUMYE REGARDING

WITHDRAWAL OF COUNSEL AS IN

CAMERA SUBMISSION AND (2)

GRANTING SHUMYE’S REQUEST FOR

WITHDRAWAL OF COUNSEL

INTRODUCTION

On August 15, 2007, Plaintiff Rebbecca T. Shumye (“Shumye”) manually filed with this

Court a document entitled “Substitution of Attorney” seeking to have her current counsel, Thomas

Green (“Green”), of Morgan Lewis and Bockius LLP, withdrawn as her counsel so that she can

proceed as a pro se litigant. In support of her request, Shumye simultaneously filed an “Affidavit of

Facts of Plaintiff On Assigned Probono Attorney By The Court” detailing the reasons that Shumye

desires to no longer be represented by counsel. No proof of service is attached to either document. 

On August 22, 2007, Green e-filed a statement of non-opposition to Shumye’s request.

Having reviewed the “Affidavit of Facts of Plaintiff On Assigned Probono Attorney By The

Court.” filed by Plaintiff, the Court finds that the affidavit describes communications between

Shumye and Green that are, on their face, protected by the attorney-client privilege. The Court

therefore ORDERS that the document entitled “Affidavit of Facts of Plaintiff On Assigned Probono

Attorney By The Court”, filed on August 15, 2007, be treated as an in camera submission to this

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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Court. The Clerk of the Court is DIRECTED to remove said document from the public court file. 

Said document shall not be disclosed to the public or to any other party in this matter absent a

further order of the Court. 

The Court further ORDERS that document filed by Shumye on August 15, 2007 entitled

“Substitution of Attorney” shall remain in the public court file.

Good cause appearing therefor, the Court also GRANTS Shumye’s request to have her

counsel withdrawn and to proceed pro se in this action. All further pleadings shall be served on

Shumye by mail at the mailing address identified in her August 15 filing:

Rebecca T. Shumye

5351 Telegraph Ave. Apart # 103

Oakland, CA 94609

Tel: (510) 302-9278

The Clerk is DIRECTED to serve a copy of this Order on Shumye by mail.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 

MARTIN J. JENKINS

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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