Free Motion to Withdraw as Attorney - District Court of Colorado - Colorado

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Civil Action No. 01-B-1854

LAWRENCE GOLAN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. MICHAEL B. MUKASEY, in his official capacity as Attorney General of the United States, et al., Defendants.

MOTION FOR WITHDRAWAL OF COUNSEL Defendants, by and through undersigned counsel, hereby move the Court to permit Samuel C. Kaplan and Paul A. Diller to withdraw their appearances from this case. In support of this Unopposed Motion, Defendants respectfully submit: 1. Samuel Kaplan and Paul Diller currently are identified on the docket for this case

as attorneys representing Defendants. 2. Mr. Kaplan and Mr. Diller have accepted other positions outside of the U.S.

Department of Justice. Undersigned counsel, who has previously entered his appearance in this case, will continue to represent Defendants in this matter. 3. Undersigned counsel has conferred with Plaintiffs' counsel, who has indicated

that Plaintiffs do not oppose the filing of this Motion. 4. A proposed order is attached for the Court's consideration and convenience.

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Dated: January 31, 2008

Respectfully submitted, JEFFREY S. BUCHOLTZ Acting Assistant Attorney General TROY A. EID United States Attorney VINCENT M. GARVEY Deputy Director /s/ Christopher R. Hall CHRISTOPHER HALL Trial Attorney United States Department of Justice 20 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20530 Telephone: (202) 514-4778 Fax: (202) 616-8470 Attorneys for Defendants

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certify that, on January 31, 2008, I caused a copy of the foregoing Motion for Withdrawal of Counsel to be served by electronic means through the Court's Electronic Case Filing System or by first-class mail, postage prepaid, upon counsel at the following addresses: Hugh Gottschalk Carolyn Fairless Wheeler, Trigg & Kennedy, P.C. 1801 California Street, Ste. 3600 Denver, CO 80202-2636 [email protected] [email protected] Theodore T. Herhold Holly Gaudreau Townsend and Townsend and Crew, LLP Two Embarcadero Center, 8th Floor San Francisco, CA 94111

_______________________ JOSHUA Z. RABINOVITZ

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