Joseph E. Shurance, Plaintiff-Respondent v. Planning Control International, Inc., Defendant-Petitioner

ORDER

Petitioner (PCI) seeks leave under 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b) to appeal the district court’s denial of PCI’s motion to disqualify opposing counsel. 1 Before the district court, PCI argued that counsel should be disqualified for violating professional ethics by contacting a former PCI employee and obtaining privileged information about that employee’s communications with PCI’s corporate counsel.

The issue is whether we may review the denial of a disqualification motion certified for immediate appeal under section 1292(b). This section allows for appeals of interlocutory orders which involve “a…