Berg

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 WESTHOFF VERTRIEBSGES MBH, a Case No. 22-cv-0938-BAS-SBC German limited liability Company,

ORDER

1. GRANTING THE Plaintiff, AUTOMATIC STAY 14 (ECF No. 83), AND v. 2. GRANTING MOTION TO

WITHDRAW AS ATTORNEYS

16 (ECF No. 80). CHRISTOPHER BERG, an individual; 17 BLUESKYE CREATIVE, INC., a

California corporation, and DOES 1-10, inclusive, 19 Defendants. 20 In 2014, Plaintiff Westhoff Vertriebsges mbH (“Westhoff”), a German-based flower breeding company, entered an oral independent services contract (“Contract”) with San Diego-based marketing agency Defendant BlueSkye Creative, Inc. (“BlueSkye”), of which Defendant Christopher Berg (“Berg” and, together with BlueSkye, “Defendants”) is the president. (See ECF No. 1-4 ¶¶ 10–30.) Until 2018, Defendants provided Westhoff with a broad swath of marketing, advertising, and sales services, in exchange for $8,000 per month and reimbursement of out-of-pocket business expenses. …