Joseph P. Jenkins v. Honorable Zita L. Weinshienk, Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado

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• stating that “[ajn exception [to asserting an attorneys’ lien] is also recognized when the client is financially unable to post a bond or pay....”
• “If [the third party] needs something in the [attorney’s] file to prove his case [against the debtor client], he can get it by discovery or subpoena notwithstanding the attorney’s 15 retaining lien.”
• “Ancillary jurisdiction rests on the premise that a federal court acquires jurisdiction of a case or controversy in its entirety. Incident to the disposition of the principal issues before it, a court may decide collateral matters necessary to render complete justice.”
• “Ancillary jurisdiction rests on the premise that a federal court acquires jurisdiction of a case or controversy in its entirety. Incident to the disposition of the principal issues before it, a court may decide collateral mat- ters necessary to render complete justice.”
• discussing exceptions to retaining lien under New York law
• “If the only interests at stake . . . were those of the attorney and his . . . former clients, the case would present no problem; the lien would be allowed to stand. But also involved is [the third party’s] interest . . . in a speedy resolution of his claims.”

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