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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KENNETH LEE TAYLOR, No. 2: 19-cv-00450 TLN KJN P Plaintiff, v. ORDER KUERSTON, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner, proceeding through counsel, with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. For the reasons stated herein, plaintiff’s counsel is relieved from representing plaintiff and plaintiff shall proceed pro se.1 On May 11, 2021, plaintiff’s counsel filed a form titled “Consent Order Granting Substitution of Attorney.” (ECF No. 92.) In this form, plaintiff’s counsel requested court approval to withdraw from representing plaintiff, leaving plaintiff without counsel. (Id.) Both plaintiff and his counsel signed this form. (Id.) On May 13, 2021, the undersigned ordered the May 11, 2021 notice of substitution disregarded because it did not comply with Local Rule 182. (ECF No. 93.) In this order, the undersigned advised counsel that a motion to withdraw should be noticed before…