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Case 3:03-cv-05566-FDB Document 42 Filed 09/16/2005 Page 1 of 2

8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
9 AT TACOMA

10 DEBBIE OWEN, on behalf of other similarly

situated,
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Plaintiff-appellant, Case No. C03-5566FDB
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PATRICIA R. HUNTLEY, individually, on ORDER RE HUNTLEY COUNSEL’S
13 behalf of those persons similarly situated and as MOTION TO WITHDRAW
a member of the general public,
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Plaintiff-appellant,
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v.
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LABOR READY, INC., a Washington
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Counsel for Plaintiff-appellant Huntley, Gregory J. Murphy, moves to withdraw as attorney
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of record, having notified all counsel of record of his motion, advising the Court that Patricia
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Huntley has recently died. Huntley has been and continues to be represented by California counsel,
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Morris Polich & Purdy LLP and Pierry Moorhead McAdams & Shenoi LLP. Gregory J. Murphy
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had no role in the appeal an has acted only as local counsel, and the California law firms are
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represented to be seeking substitute local counsel, whom they anticipate making an appearance in
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1 approximately ten days. The appeal is from this Court’s order consolidating and staying this cause of

2 action pending resolution of another national class action pending in California, which seeks unpaid

3 wages under the same FLSA standards asserted here against Labor Ready. No opposition to

4 Murphy’s withdrawal has been filed. Nevertheless, local counsel is required where Plaintiff Huntley

5 is represented by out-of-state counsel.

6 ACCORDINGLY, IT IS ORDERED: Motion of Gregory J. Murphy and The Law Offices of

7 Gregory J. Murphy, P.S. for Leave To Withdraw [Dkt. # 39] will be granted upon filing a Notice of

8 Substitution of local counsel for Gregory J. Murphy.

10 DATED this 16th day of September, 2005.

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