Halliday
Halliday v. Spjute
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
SHELLY IOANE, Case No. 1:07-cv-00620 AWI EPG
Plaintiff, ORDER DISMISSING CASE WITH
PREJUDICE
v.
JEAN NOLL,
Defendant.
10 Plaintiff Shelly Ioane is formally represented by attorney Peter Borenstein. In response to 11 a court minute order, Mr. Borenstein made a filing on April 15, 2022, which stated that “I no
longer represent Plaintiff Shelly Ioane. The representation ended in June 2021. Since that time, it
has been my understanding that Mrs. Ioane was seeking to retain new counsel to proceed with this
case.” Doc. 609. On April 18, 2022, Magistrate Judge Grosjean issued an order directing Mr.
16 Borenstein to file a motion to withdraw within fourteen (14) days. Doc. 610. Twenty eight (28)
17 days have passed and Mr. Borenstein has not neither filed the motion nor contacted the court in 18 any way. 19 Instead, on April 21, 2022, Plaintiff Ioane herself filed a “Notice of Voluntary Dismissal”
in which she stated that “pursuant to Federal…