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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MAURICE JOHN PLASSE, III et al, No. 2:17-cv-01136-TLN-EB Plaintiffs, v. ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

WITHDRAW AS COUNSEL FOR LYNLEY

LYNLEY FORD; et al., FORD Defendants,

17 This matter is before the Court on David Diepenbrock and Diepenbrock Elkin Gleason’s (collectively, “DEG”) motion to withdraw as counsel for Defendant Lynley Ford (“Defendant”). (ECF No. 38.) Attorney of record for Defendant, David A. Dieprenbrock (“Diepenbrock”), submitted a supplemental declaration in support of DEG’s motion to withdraw as counsel. (ECF No. 40.) No oppositions to this motion have been filed. /// /// /// /// /// /// I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND The underlying Complaint against Defendant was filed on April 24, 2017, and removed to this Court on May 30, 2017. (ECF No. 1 ¶1.) Defendant engaged DEG to represent her in this case in May 2018, and the parties subsequently entered into a fee agreement. …