Case 3:05-cv-04401-SC Document 165-1 Filed 01/02/2007 Page 1 of 2 1 STUART C. CLARK (SBN 124152) CHRISTINE S. WATSON (SBN 218006) 2 CARR & FERRELL LLP 2200 Geng Road 3 Palo Alto, California 94303 Telephone: (650) 812-3400 4 Facsimile: (650) 812-3444 clark@carrferrell.com 5 cwatson@carrferrell.com 6 JEFFREY K. RIFFER (SBN 87016) BRIAN M. YATES (SBN 241798) 7 JEFFER, MANGELS, BUTLER & MARMARO LLP 1900 Avenue of the Stars, Seventh Floor 8 Los Angeles, California 90067-4308 Telephone: (310) 203-8080 9 Facsimile: (310) 203-0567 JRiffer@jmbm.com 10 BYates@jmbm.com 11 Attorneys for Defendants Netblue, Inc., Kenneth Chan, 12 Scott Rewick, and Derek Pilch 13 14 15 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 16 17 RITCHIE PHILLIPS, dba R&D COMPUTERS, 18 Plaintiff, 19 v. 20 NETBLUE, INC., YFDIRECT, LTD., 21 KENNETH CHEN aka KENNETH CHEN, SCOTT REWICK, DEREK 22 PILCH, FREDERICK HARMAN, and DOES 1 through 50 inclusive, 23 Defendants. 24 CASE NO. C 05-4401-SC (EDL) NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR ORDER PERMITTING WITHDRAWAL OF CO-COUNSEL CARR AND FERRELL LLP AS COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS 25 26 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT pursuant to Local Rule 11-5(a), Carr & Ferrell 27 LLP hereby seeks an order from the Court permitting Carr & Ferrell LLP to withdraw 28 as counsel of record for all defendants, namely defendants Netblue, Inc., Kenneth {00214166v1} -1Notice of Request for Order Permitting Withdrawal of Co-Counsel Carr and Ferrell LLP as Counsel for Defendants – C05-4401-SC (EDL) Case 3:05-cv-04401-SC Document 165-1 Filed 01/02/2007 Page 2 of 2 1 Chan, Scott Rewick and Derek Pilch. Defendants henceforth will be represented 2 solely by Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro LLP, which firm is currently co-counsel 3 with Carr & Ferrell LLP for all defendants. 4 To the best of the undersigned’s knowledge at this time, Carr & Ferrell LLP’s 5 withdrawal as co-counsel for defendants will not prejudice the case and will not affect 6 the pre-trial schedule or the trial date. 7 8 Dated: January 2, 2007 CARR & FERRELL LLP 9 10 11 12 13 By: /s/ Christine S. Watson STUART C. CLARK CHRISTINE S. WATSON Attorneys for Defendants Netblue, Inc., Kenneth Chan, Scott Rewick and Derek Pilch 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 {00214166v1} -2Notice of Request for Order Permitting Withdrawal of Co-Counsel Carr and Ferrell LLP as Counsel for Defendants – C05-4401-SC (EDL)