Millennium Franchise Group, LLC v. Bank of America, N.A.

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 MILLENNIUM FRANCHISE GROUP, Case No. 21-cv-08684-CRB

LLC,

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

WITHDRAW

v. 11 ARIC K PERMINTER, et al., 12 Defendants. 13 Jeffery Hubins of law firm Schauman & Hubins moves to withdraw as counsel for Plaintiff Millennium Franchise Group, LLC. Hubins provides three bases for withdrawal: (1) Plaintiff’s consent to the withdrawal, (2) Hubins’s physical and mental health following a cancer diagnosis, and (3) a breakdown in the attorney-client relationship between Schauman & Hubins and Plaintiff. Mot. (dkt. 91) at 3. All three of these are valid reasons for counsel to withdraw, though none mandates withdrawal. See Cal. R. Prof. Conduct 1.16(b)(6) (client consent); id. 1.16(b)(8) (counsel’s physical or mental health); id. 1.16(b)(1) and (4) (breakdown in attorney-client relationship). The Court finds that all three reasons support withdrawal in this case. Even if withdrawal is permitted under the Rules of Professional Conduct, a motion for…