Opinion
Case No. 07-CV-14074-DT.
October 15, 2007
ORDER GRANTING "APPLICATION OF PLAINTIFF CLASS REPRESENTATIVES' COUNSEL TO BE RELIEVED OF OBLIGATION TO SPECIFY LOCAL COUNSEL"
Pending before the court is an October 5, 2007 application filed by out-of-town counsel for Plaintiffs Earl L. Henry, Bonnie J. Lauria, Raymond B. Bailey, Theodore J. Genco, Marvin C. Marlow, Charles R. Miller, Laverne M. Soriano and John Huber (the "Class Representatives"). Counsel for the Class Representatives requests an order relieving them of the obligation to specify local counsel under Eastern District of Michigan Local Rule 83.20(f). Under these circumstances, particularly in view of counsel's prior performance in UAW v. GM, case number 05-73991, the court determines that the Class Representatives need not specify local counsel. Accordingly,
It is the court's ordinary practice to deny such motions. See, e.g., Keck v. Graham Hotel Sys., Inc., No. 07-11042, 2007 WL 1452909 (E.D. Mich. May 15, 2007).
IT IS ORDERED that the "Application of Plaintiff Class Representatives' Counsel to be Relieved of Obligation to Specify Local Counsel" [Dkt. # 8] is GRANTED.