Desai
Desai v. The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
PRAVIN O. DESAI, Case No. 1:20-cv-00058-LHR-CDB
Plaintiff, ORDER DISCHARGING ORDER TO SHOW
CAUSE
v. (Doc. 81) THE LINCOLN NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., ORDER GRANTING REQUEST FOR REPORT
OF STATUS OF CASE
Defendants. 16 (Doc. 82) 17 18 On January 22, 2024, the Court granted the motion of attorney Ryan C. Wright to withdraw as counsel for Plaintiff Pravin O. Desai (“Plaintiff”). (Doc. 78). In that order, the Court directed Plaintiff within 14 days to make a written filing advising the Court whether he intended to seek new counsel and of his intentions for continued prosecution of the case. Id. at 5. Plaintiff did not timely respond. On January 24, 2024 – two days after the Court granted counsel Wright’s motion to withdraw – the Clerk of the Court docketed a “Notice” filed by Plaintiff that responded to counsel Wright’s motion to withdraw and which Plaintiff attested to having served on January 17, 2024 (i.e., prior to the Court’s order granting counsel’s…