Opinion
8:23-cv-00660-JWH-KES
02-20-2024
EMES2 Pharmaceuticals, LLC v. Kodella LLC
Present: The Honorable JOHN W. HOLCOMB, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
CIVIL MINUTES-GENERAL
Proceedings: (IN CHAMBERS) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE STRIKING THE ANSWER OF DEFENDANT KODELLA LLC
On February 16, 2024, the Court conducted a hearing during which, among other actions, it granted the motion of attorney Farah Tabibkhoei to withdraw as counsel of record for Kodella LLC. The Court directed Kodella to engage new counsel no later than April 5, 2024, and to cause new counsel to file a Notice of Appearance by that date.
If Kodella fails to obtain new counsel by the deadline set by the Court, then the Court hereby ORDERS the parties TO SHOW CAUSE as follows.
1. Each party is DIRECTED to file on or before April 12, 2024, a written response to this OSC explaining why this Court should or should not strike Kodella's Answer.
Def. Kodella LLC's Answer to Second Am. Compl. and Affirmative Defenses; Demand for Jury Trial (the “Answer”) [ECF No. 50].
2. A hearing on this OSC is SET for April 19, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. in Courtroom 9D of the Ronald Reagan Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, 411 W. 4th Street, Santa Ana, California.
IT IS SO ORDERED.