Opinion
18 Civ. 8179 (NRB)
07-22-2021
RAJI WILSON, Plaintiff, v. THE CITY OF NEW YORK, and CORRECTION OFFICERS SHAWN CARNES and KHADINE SMITH, CORRECTION OFFICERS ALASON HENRY, DANIEL ORTIZ, EDWIN LOPERA, OSWALD HYPPOLITE, and TE-ART JACKSON, and CAPTAINS WALTER ROSS, MARK DANIELS, and CHERYL BELL, of the NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION Defendants.
ORDER
NAOMI REICE BUCHWALD, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
WHEREAS Bromberg Law Office, P.C. and Fink & Katz, PLLC (together, the “Law Offices”) have filed a motion to withdraw as counsel for plaintiff Raji Wilson (ECF No. 62 (the “Motion to Withdraw”)); and
WHEREAS on June 7, 2021, this Court ordered (1) that the Law Offices serve the Motion to Withdraw and the Court's Order to plaintiff pursuant to Local Civil Rule 1.4; (2) that plaintiff shall have 30 days to object to the Motion to Withdraw, retain new counsel, or inform the Court that he intends to appear on his own behalf; (3) that unless plaintiff showed good cause for why the Motion to Withdraw should not be granted, it would be granted upon expiration of the 30-day period; and (4) that proceedings in this case would otherwise be stayed for the 30-day period (ECF No. 63 (the “June 7 Order”)); and
WHEREAS the Law Offices have served plaintiff with the Motion to Withdraw and the June 7 Order; and
WHEREAS more than thirty days have passed since the Court issued the June 7 Order and the Court has received no communication from plaintiff regarding the June 7 Order or otherwise; it is hereby
ORDERED that the Motion to Withdraw is GRANTED; and it is further
ORDERED that the stay on this case is lifted.