Opinion
18-CV-6227 (ALC) (OTW)
07-22-2022
RALPH COMPAGNONE, Plaintiff, v. MJ LICENSING COMPANY, et al., Defendants.
ORDER
ONA T. WANG, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
The Court has reviewed ECF Nos. 110-113. The Court will construe paragraph 2 in ECF 111 as a motion for Defendant's counsel, Mr. Bernbach, to withdraw, or, in the alternative, a motion for substitution of counsel. Defendants have until August 22, 2022 to file a substitution of counsel or inform the Court that they will be proceeding pro se.
The case is stayed until August 22, 2022. All deadlines in ECF 109 are adjourned sine die. Defendants are warned that failure to either substitute counsel or notify the Court of their intent to proceed pro se by August 22, 2022, may result in the Court construing their lack of action as a decision not to defend the case, and the Court may enter further orders as necessary and/or appropriate.
If Defendants choose to proceed pro se, they must submit their addresses, telephone numbers, and email addresses at which they can be reached to the Court's Pro Se Office. The Pro Se Office is located in the United States Courthouse, 40 Foley Square, Room 105, New York, New York (telephone 212-805-0175) and can assist pro se litigants in connection with court procedures. The Court also notes that there is a legal clinic in this District to assist individual parties in civil cases who do not have lawyers. The Clinic is run by a private organization called the New York Legal Assistance Group; it is not part of, or run by, the Court. The Clinic is located in the Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse, 40 Centre Street, New York, New York, in Room LL22.
SO ORDERED.