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Notice and Order of the Court issued by Chief Judge Saylor in Adams, et al. v. Mass General Brigham Incorporated, Civil Action No. 21-11686-FDS, in the District of Massachusetts. The Court grants the Motions to Withdraw filed by Ryan McLane and Lauren Bradford of McLane & McLane, who sought to withdraw from representing the listed plaintiffs. Those plaintiffs may proceed pro se or retain a new attorney. To remain a party, each must answer in full the Questionnaire and Requests for Admission approved by the Court on March 15, 2022, and serve that discovery by e-mail by June 6, 2022. The order states that failure to provide that discovery will result in dismissal of the plaintiff's claims with prejudice for failure to prosecute.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS

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TYLER ADAMS, et al.,1
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Plaintiffs,
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v.
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Civil Action No.

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21-11686-FDS
MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM
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INCORPORATED,
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Defendant.
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NOTICE AND ORDER OF THE COURT
SAYLOR, C.J.
The Court hereby gives notice and orders as follows:
1.
The Court hereby grants the Motions to Withdraw (Dkt. Nos. 80, 88), filed by
Ryan McLane and Lauren Bradford of McLane & McLane, that sought to withdraw from
representation of the following plaintiffs in this action:  Brittai Bieker,2 Kristen Gauthier, Jessica
Rodriguez, Brenda Santiago, Jessica McDonald, Felyn Rosario, Malinda Paulino, Nikkia
Simpson, William Kasper, Laina Frazier, Athina Vranishti, Ruben Almeida, Denise Flathers,
Elizabete Gomes, Teresa Kanalski, and Jillian Litto.3
2.
Therefore, as of this date, the plaintiffs listed in Paragraph 1 of this Notice and

1 This case was previously captioned Lancione, et al. v. Mass General Brigham Inc. but was renamed after
plaintiff Lancione dismissed her claims with prejudice.
2 The parties’ proposed Notice and Order refers to plaintiff as Brittai Bieker, but the Motion to Withdraw
refers to her as Brittini Bieker.
3 McLane & McLane has advised the Court that they no longer seek to withdraw from representation of
Susan Chase because she has now begun cooperating with them toward meeting her discovery obligations.
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Order are no longer represented by Ryan McLane and Lauren Bradford of McLane & McLane.
3.
Plaintiffs listed in Paragraph 1 of this Notice and Order may choose to proceed in
this action pro se (meaning without an attorney) or may retain a new attorney.  Any plaintiff who
wishes to proceed without an attorney must provide the Court in writing with current contact
information, including mailing address, e-mail address, and telephone number, and must keep
that information up to date.  Failure to do so may result in dismissal of that plaintiff’s claim.
4.
In order to remain a party to this case, plaintiffs listed in Paragraph 1 of this
Notice and Order must answer in full the Questionnaire (including but not limited to producing
all requested documents) and Requests for Admission that were approved by this Court (Dkt. No.
72) on March 15, 2022, and served on plaintiffs by Mass General Brigham on March 16, 2022.
Plaintiffs must serve such discovery on the attorneys for Mass General Brigham by e-mail no
later than 21 days from the date of this Notice—that is, by June 6, 2022, at 5 p.m.  That
discovery must be served by e-mail to Lynn A. Kappelman at lkappelman@seyfarth.com and
Dawn R. Solowey at dsolowey@seyfarth.com.  Failure to provide such discovery will result
in dismissal of that plaintiff’s claims with prejudice for failure to prosecute.
5.
 McLane & McLane has provided last known mail and e-mail addresses for each
plaintiff listed in Paragraph 1 of this Notice and Order.  The clerk is directed to effect service of
this Notice on each such plaintiff at those addresses by both first-class mail and e-mail.
So Ordered.

/s/ F. Dennis Saylor IV

F. Dennis Saylor IV
Dated: May 16, 2022
Chief Judge, United States District Court

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