Judge: Yolanda Orozco, Case: 19STCV33158, Date: 2022-12-16 Tentative Ruling

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Case Number: 19STCV33158    Hearing Date: December 16, 2022    Dept: 31

APPLICATION FOR ORDER TO APPEAR PRO HAC VICE IS GRANTED

Attorney J. Scott McCluen (“Applicant”) seeks admission to appear as counsel pro hac vice to represent Plaintiff Amanda Cowling, by and through her successor-in-interest Sharon Crockett, and Sharon Crockett individually, alongside Lukas I. Pick, who is an active member of the State Bar of California. Applicant resides in Tennessee and is a member in good standing of the Bar of the State of Tennessee since 1979 and has been admitted to practice law in the following courts: United States District Court, Middle District of Tennessee and the United States District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee. (McCluen Decl. ¶ 2.) Applicant has not appeared pro hac vice in California in the past two years. (McCluen Decl. ¶ 5.) 

The court finds that Applicant has complied with the requirements of California Rules of Court Rule 9.40 and all parties have been served with notice of this application.  

Based on the foregoing, the application is GRANTED. It is ordered that J. Scott McCluen be admitted to appear as counsel pro hac vice for the purpose of representing Plaintiff in this action. Applicant shall be subject to all applicable rules of this Court. 

Moving party to give notice.