two of the plaintiffs, markham robinson and drake, subsequently attempted to dismiss their attorney, orly taitz, who refused to sign their substitution-of-attorney documents and instead filed to dismiss the two of them as plaintiffs in the case. on september 8, 2009, judge david o. carter denied the dismissal of drake and robinson as plaintiffs, and granted their motion to substitute gary kreep of the united states justice foundation as counsel for them, refused to dismiss magistrate judge arthur nakazato from the case, and set a tentative trial date for january 26, 2010.