Chris Langer v. Banneret, LLC

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2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

11 Chris Langer, Case No. 2:19-cv-01272-ODW (JEMx)

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR v. LEAVE TO WITHDRAW AS Banneret, LLC; H & I Foods Inc.; The COUNSEL [81] 14 Small Café, LLC; and Does 1–10, 15 Defendants. 16 17 Michele A. Dobson, counsel for Defendants Banneret, LLC, H & I Foods, Inc., 19 and The Small Café, LLC seeks to withdraw as counsel of record as to only Defendant 20 Banneret, LLC (“Banneret”). (Mot. to Withdraw, ECF No. 81.) Local Rule 83-2.3.2 21 requires an attorney to obtain leave from the Court to withdraw as counsel. 22 California’s Rules of Professional Conduct generally govern an attorney’s conduct 23 before this Court, including circumstances permitting withdrawal. See L.R. 83-2.3.2. A district court has discretion to permit or deny an attorney’s withdrawal. 25 Huntington Learning Ctrs., Inc. v. Educ. Gateway, Inc., No. 2:09-cv-3200 PSG 26 (VBKx), 2009 WL 2337863, at *1 (C.D. Cal. July 28, 2009). Courts…