ORDER

CHARLES B. GOODWIN, District Judge.

Now before the Court is the unopposed Motion to Substitute Deborah Rath as Lead Plaintiff filed by movant Deborah Rath (Doc. 167). As set forth below, the Motion is granted.

In February 2018, the Court considered a Notice and Suggestion of Death of Lawrence Ross ("Notice") and Motion to Substitute Sonja Rath, Executor of the Estate of Lawrence Ross ("Motion"). Lead Plaintiffs Ivan Nibur, Jase Luna, Matthew Willenbucher and the Duane & Virginia Lanier Trust reported in those documents that Lead Plaintiff Lawrence Ross had "died on or about June 28, 2017 during the pendency of this action," Doc. 162 at 1, and they requested that the Court substitute Sonja Rath as Lead Plaintiff for Ross.

The Court denied the Motion, see Doc. 164, after finding the Motion and Notice lacking. It advised Lead Plaintiffs that, if they again sought substitution, they must

(1) demonstrate that any renewed motion as well as the Notice had been served on all nonparties in compliance with Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 4 and 25(a)(3);

(2) provide documents that substantiated Lead Plaintiffs' claim that Sonja Rath had been appointed as the executor of the Estate of Lawrence Ross, deceased; and

(3) show that Lead Counsel, The Rosen Law Firm, P.A., had been authorized to represent Sonja Rath, Executor of the Estate of Lawrence Ross, deceased, in this action. See Doc. 164 at 2.

Movant Deborah Rath subsequently requested that she be substituted as Lead Plaintiff for Ross. In support of her motion, Deborah Rath has submitted the Declaration of Jonathan Horne, an attorney at The Rosen Law Firm, P.A., see Doc. 168, and certain exhibits, which show

(1) that on December 7, 2017, the Clerk of the Probate Court in Pima County, Arizona, appointed and authorized Sonja Rath to act as Personal Representative of the Estate of Lawrence R. Ross ("Estate") without restriction, see Doc. 168-1 at 2;

(2) that on February 14, 2018, Sonja Rath, acting in her capacity as Personal Representative and Executrix of the Estate, executed a Limited Appointment of Agent and Attorney-in-Fact, see Doc. 168-2, and appointed Deborah Rath "as the Estate's agent for the limited purpose of prosecuting all claims, demands, and causes of action of any kind whatsoever which the Estate has or may have arising from the Estate's investment(s) in SandRidge Mississippian Trust I and SandRidge Mississippian Trust II[,]" id. at 2, and further appointed Deborah Rath "as her true and lawful attorney-in-fact for the limited purpose of exercising all powers relating to such causes of action[,]" id.; and

(3) that Deborah Rath has retained Lead Counsel, The Rosen Law Firm, P.A., to prosecute the Estate's claims involving SandRidge Mississippian Trust I and SandRidge Mississippian Trust II, see Doc. 168-3, and that Lead Counsel has provided copies of the Notice to nonparties Deborah Rath and Sonja Rath. See Doc. 168 at 1, ¶ 3.

Because Lead Plaintiffs have now complied with the Court's instructions and because the relief requested is warranted,1 the Court

(1) GRANTS the Motion to Substitute Deborah Rath as Lead Plaintiff [Doc. 167] filed on February 15, 2018;

(2) SUBSTITUTES Deborah Rath, as agent of the Estate and attorney-in-fact of Sonja Rath, in her capacity as Personal Representative of the Estate of Lawrence Ross, deceased, for Lawrence Ross as a Lead Plaintiff for the limited purpose of prosecuting the Estate's claims in this action; and

(3) DIRECTS the Clerk of the Court to amend the docket in this matter to reflect this substitution.

IT SI SO ORDERED.