Desai

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4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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11 PRAVIN O. DESAI, Case No. 1:20-cv-00058-LHR-CDB

12 Plaintiff, ORDER DISCHARGING ORDER TO SHOW

CAUSE

13 v. (Doc. 81) 14 THE LINCOLN NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., ORDER GRANTING REQUEST FOR REPORT 15

OF STATUS OF CASE

Defendants. 16 (Doc. 82) 17 18 19 On January 22, 2024, the Court granted the motion of attorney Ryan C. Wright to withdraw as 20 counsel for Plaintiff Pravin O. Desai (“Plaintiff”). (Doc. 78). In that order, the Court directed Plaintiff 21 within 14 days to make a written filing advising the Court whether he intended to seek new counsel 22 and of his intentions for continued prosecution of the case. Id. at 5. Plaintiff did not timely respond. 23 On January 24, 2024 – two days after the Court granted counsel Wright’s motion to 24 withdraw – the Clerk of the Court docketed a “Notice” filed by Plaintiff that responded to counsel 25 Wright’s motion to withdraw and which Plaintiff attested to having served on January 17, 2024 (i.e., 26 prior to the Court’s order granting counsel’s…