UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA

Case No. 12-CV-22439-COOKE/MCALILEY

MICCOSUKEE TRIBE OF INDIANS
OF FLORIDA, a sovereign nation and
federally recognized Indian tribe,

Plaintiff,

v.

BILLY CYPRESS; DEXTER WAYNE LEHTINEN,
ESQUIRE; MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEY;
JULIO MARTINEZ; MIGUEL HERNANDEZ; GUY
LEWIS, ESQUIRE; MICHAEL TEIN, ESQUIRE; and
LEWIS TEIN, PL, a professional association,

Defendants.
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ORDER GRANTING MOTIONS FOR ORDER TO SHOW
CAUSE WHYANGEL CORTIAS SHOULD NOT BE DISQUALIFIED
THIS MATTER is before me on Lewis Teins Motion for Order that Angel Cortias
Show Cause Why He Should Not be Disqualified (ECF No. 331) and Dexter W. Lehtinens
Motion for Rule to Show Cause Why Angel Cortias Should Not be Disqualified as
Counsel for the Tribe (ECF No. 334). Plaintiff Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida and
its attorneys, Yinet Pino, Esquire, Yesenia Lara, Esquire, and Bernardo Roman, III, Esquire
filed their Omnibus Response to Motions to Disqualify Angel Cortias, Esq. (ECF No.
345), to which Lewis Tein submitted their Reply in Support of Motion for Order to Show
Cause Why Angel Cortias Should Not be Disqualified (ECF No. 347).
Having fully considered the Motions for Order to Show Cause Why Angel Cortias
Should Not be Disqualified, the record, the relevant legal authorities, and the argument of
counsel on June 5, 2014, for the reasons stated in open court, it is hereby ORDERED and
ADJUDGED that Lewis Teins Motion for Order that Angel Cortias Show Cause Why
He Should Not be Disqualified (ECF No. 331) and Dexter W. Lehtinens Motion for Rule
to Show Cause Why Angel Cortias Should Not be Disqualified as Counsel for the Tribe
(ECF No. 334) are GRANTED.
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Angel Cortias, Esquire, individually, is disqualified from the representation of
Plaintiff Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida and its attorneys, Yinet Pino, Esquire,
Yesenia Lara, Esquire, and Bernardo Roman, III, Esquire. However, the law firm of
Gunster remains counsel of record for Plaintiff Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida and
its attorneys, Yinet Pino, Esquire, Yesenia Lara, Esquire, and Bernardo Roman, III, Esquire
in this proceeding.
DONE and ORDERED in chambers at Miami, Florida, this 5th day of June 2014.


Copies provided to:
Chris M. McAliley, U.S. Magistrate Judge
Counsel of record
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