McPhail

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 PRISCILLA I. MCPHAIL and Case No.: 24-cv-1879-WQH-DDL

JAMES B. MCPHAIL,

ORDER Plaintiffs, 11 v. 12 FCA US, LLC, and DOES 1 through 10, inclusive, Defendants. 15 16 HAYES, Judge: The matter before the Court is the Motion for an Order Granting Strategic Legal Practices, APC Leave to Withdraw as Counsel of Record for Plaintiff[s] (the “Motion to Withdraw”) (ECF No. 18) filed by Strategic Legal Practices, APC (“SLP”), the law firm representing Plaintiffs Priscilla I. McPhail and James B. McPhail (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) in this action. “An attorney may not withdraw as counsel except by leave of court, and the decision to grant or deny counsel’s motion to withdraw is committed to the discretion of the trial court.” Urias v. Labcorp Peri-Approval & Commercialization Inc., No. 23-CV-1815 JLS (MSB), 2023 WL 8845384, at *1 (S.D. Cal. Dec. 21, 2023) (citation omitted); see also United States v. Carter, 560 F.3d 1107, 1113…