Ryan

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 JOSHUA RYAN, No. 2:23-cv-02763-JAM-JDP Plaintiff, v. ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

DISQUALIFY COUNSEL

HOME DEPOT, U.S.A., INC., et al., 14 Defendants. 15 Defendant Home Depot U.S.A., Inc. moves to disqualify the law firm of Singleton Schreiber, LLP (“Singleton”) as attorneys of record for Plaintiff Joshua Ryan on the basis that Defendant’s former attorney Michelle Meyers, who is now a partner at Singleton, is representing Plaintiff without a conflict waiver from Defendant. Defendant argues disqualification of Meyers is required because she was privy to confidential information during her prior representation of Defendant that is relevant here and because this case is substantially similar to several cases where Meyers represented Defendant. Defendant also argues the Court should impute Meyers’ disqualification to Singleton because the firm failed to screen Meyers off from other lawyers at the firm before accepting representation of…