Creditors Adjustment Bureau, Inc. vs. Industrial Succession, LLC

256, 261, [“[M]onetary sanctions against the party’s attorney require a finding [that] the ‘attorney advis[ed] that conduct.’”], quoting Code Civ. Proc., § 2023, subd. (b)(1).)

Defendant shall give notice of this ruling.

9 Creditors Adjustment Motions to Be Relieved as Counsel Bureau, Inc. vs. Industrial Succession, LLC Counsel James R. Ling’s Motion to Be Relieved as Counsel for Defendant Industrial Succession, LLC is taken OFF CALENDAR as moot.

Counsel James R. Ling’s Motion to Be Relieved as Counsel for Defendant Pen Manufacturing, LLC is taken OFF CALENDAR as moot.

Pending Motion

Counsel James R. Ling (Counsel) moves to be relieved as counsel for Defendants Industrial Succession, LLC and Pen Manufacturing, LLC.

Substitution of Counsel

On June 3, 2026, Substitutions of Counsel were filed indicating that Counsel Brett H. Ramsaur was substituting for Counsel James R. Ling, as counsel of record for Defendants Industrial Succession, LLC and Pen Manufacturing, LLC. (See ROA #56, #57.)

As a result, Counsel James R. Ling is no longer counsel of record for Defendants Industrial Succession, LLC and Pen Manufacturing, LLC in this litigation.

Accordingly, motions to be relieved as counsel are moot and shall be taken off calendar.

The court clerk shall give notice of this ruling.