Thomas

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 ABOA, LLC, No. 2:22-cv-01381-KJM-DB 12 Plaintiff, ORDER 13 v. Paul Thomas, et al., 1S Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff ABOA, LLC moves for leave to file pleadings without local counsel. Ata 18 | hearing following the filing of the motion, the court revoked Henry Klein’s pro hac vice status 19 | and granted Daniel Linhardt’s request to withdraw as local counsel. See Mins. Hr’g, ECF No. 52. 20 | The court explains its reasons for revoking Mr. Klein’s pro hac vice status here and denies the 21 | motion as moot. 22 | I. BACKGROUND 23 Plaintiff, through Mr. Klein, filed a motion for leave to file pleadings without local 24 | counsel. Mot. Leave, ECF No. 15.' Defendants opposed, Opp’n Mot. Leave, ECF No. 16, and

' Although ABOA’s motion did not comply with the Local Rule on civil motions requiring parties to notice motions on the assigned judge’s motion calendar, E.D. Cal. L.R. 230, or this court’s standing…