Haddock

I. BACKGROUND

25 On August 27, 2019, Plaintiff initiated this personal injury action in the Superior Court of 26 the State of California for the County of Tulare. (Doc. 1-2.) Defendant removed the action to this 27 Court on October 3, 2019, on the basis of diversity jurisdiction, 28 U.S.C. § 1332. (Doc. 1.) In the 28 operative complaint, Plaintiff, a truck driver, alleges that Defendant negligently failed to secure properly pallets of cardboard in the trailer he was towing, such that when he opened the trailer, the pallets fell out and caused him injury. (Doc. 1-2.) II. DISCUSSION In his declaration in support of Attorney Christenson’s motion, Plaintiff states that over the course of the lawsuit it has become apparent that he and his attorney “have an irreconcilable personality conflict that makes moving forward on the case together unreasonably difficult.” (Doc 23-2 ¶ 2.) Attorney Christenson states in his declaration that such personality conflict “has caused a breakdown in the attorney-client relationship.” (Doc. 23-1 ¶ 2.) Plaintiff was advised of the “importance of obtaining substitute counsel,” and…