Lowe
Lowe v. National Credit Adjusters, LLC
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ANDRE LOWE, Case No.: 3:22-cv-1099-JES-KSC
Plaintiff,
ORDER DISMISSING CASE FOR
v. LACK OF PROSECUTION NATIONAL CREDIT ADJUSTERS,
LLC,
15 Defendant.
17 On March 13, 2023, Plaintiff and counsel appeared at the Early Neutral Evaluation 18 Hearing (ENE) when Plaintiff left abruptly in the middle of the hearing without warning. 19 The Court issued an OSC for why sanctions should not be imposed and set a hearing for 20 April 19, 2023. Plaintiff did not appear at the hearing and the Court reserved ruling on 21 sanctions against Plaintiff. Plaintiff’s counsel then asked to withdraw from the case 22 because Plaintiff fired him and refused to return any messages. Plaintiff’s counsel was 23 allowed to withdraw from the case on April 21, 2023, and Plaintiff was ordered to appear 24 in court on May 19, 2023, to inform the court whether he wanted to proceed with new 25 counsel or pro se. Plaintiff did not appear or respond in any manner. On May 19, 2023, 26 the…