Glover

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 MARSHALL RAY GLOVER, Case No.: 18cv2330 JM(NLS)

Plaintiff,

ORDER ON PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

v. TO DISQUALIFY COUNSEL CORECIVIC OF TENNESSEE, LLC, Defendant. 15 Presently before the court is Plaintiff’s Motion to Seek Disqualification of Opposing Counsel (Doc. No. 41). A hearing on the motion was held on February3, 2020. Counsel for Defendant Mr. Daniel Struck and Mr. Matthew Mahoney, along with Ms. Bessy Glaske of CoreCivic, appeared. Neither Mr. David Kaufman, Mr. Marshall Glover nor Ms. Elizabeth Bumer appeared, despite being ordered to do so. (See Doc. No. 53.) For the reasons set forth below, the motion is denied. I. Background Plaintiff filed a negligence claim in state court that was removed to this court. Plaintiff’s alleged injury occurred at Ocean View, a minimum-security re-entry facility in San Diego, which is owned and operated by Defendant, CoreCivic, Inc. At the time of the…