Lincoln v. Chula Vista Police Department

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RICKY FADARA LINCOLN and Case No.: 22-cv-01569-WQH-BJC

KATHERINE I. FREDERICKS,

ORDER Plaintiffs, 13 v.

CHULA VISTA POLICE

DEPARTMENT, CITY OF CHULA VISTA, and DOES 1– 100, 17 Defendants. 18 HAYES, Judge: 19 The matter before the Court is the Ex Parte Request to be Relieved as Counsel and 20 Request for Order to Extend the Deadlines on the Current Order (ECF No. 39) filed by 21 counsel for Plaintiffs Ricky Fadara Lincoln and Katherine I. Fredericks (collectively, 22 “Plaintiffs”), Bonita P. Martinez (“Plaintiffs’ Counsel”).

I. REQUEST TO WITHDRAW AS COUNSEL

24 “An attorney may not withdraw as counsel except by leave of court, and the decision 25 to grant or deny counsel’s motion to withdraw is committed to the discretion of the trial 26 court.” Urias v. Labcorp Peri-Approval & Commercialization Inc., No. 23-CV-1815 JLS 27 (MSB), 2023 WL 8845384, at *1 (S.D. Cal. Dec. 21, 2023) (citation omitted); see also 28 United States v. Carter, 560 F.3d 1107, 1113 (9th Cir. 2009); S.D. Cal.…