Fletcher v. Unilever HPC Inc, No. 2:2013cv00368 - Document 34 (N.D. Ind. 2014)
Court Description: OPINION AND ORDER. The Court accordingly DENIES, without prejudice to the underlying claim, both the Motion to Adjudicate Purported Attorneys Lien 24 and Elizabeth D. Tates Motion to Intervene 29 . Signed by Magistrate Judge Paul R Cherry on 5/19/2014. (rmn)
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA HAMMOND DIVISION ANTHONY FLETCHER, Plaintiff, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) v. UNILEVER, INC., Defendant. Cause No.: 2:13-cv-368-TLS-PRC OPINION AND ORDER This matter is before the Court on a Motion to Adjudicate Purported Attorney s Lien [DE 24], filed by Plaintiff on May 9, 2014, and Elizabeth D. Tate s Motion to Intervene [DE 29], filed on May 12, 2014, by non-party Elizabeth Tate. Plaintiff represents that for the first few months of this case, he was represented by attorney Tate. He states that he eventually became dissatisfied with her services and fired her. He then retained Attorney Sherman. Attorney Tate has apparently contacted the attorneys for all parties, informing them that she is entitled to a forty-percent lien on any recovery Plaintiff manages to get in this case. Plaintiff and his present attorney deny this and ask the Court to adjudicate the validity of the purported lien. Attorney Tate seeks to intervene, since her interests would otherwise be unrepresented. The issue here sounds in contract law and involves Plaintiff and a non-party. The Court sees no reason why this existing case is the proper forum to bring this claim. The Court accordingly DENIES, without prejudice to the underlying claim, both the Motion to Adjudicate Purported Attorney s Lien [DE 24] and Elizabeth D. Tate s Motion to Intervene [DE 29]. SO ORDERED this 19th day of May, 2014. s/ Paul R. Cherry MAGISTRATE JUDGE PAUL R. CHERRY UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT cc: All counsel of record
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