Holden
Holden v. HSBC Bank USA, National Association as Trustee for Deutsche ALT-A Securities, Inc., Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series 2006-AR5
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
I. BACKGROUND
20 On December 13, 2021, Gary S. Saunders and Dev D. Patel of Saunders Law Group filed 21 a motion to withdraw as counsel of record for Plaintiff Robert Holden (“Plaintiff”).1 Plaintiff did 22 not file an opposition or otherwise respond to the motion. 23 On February 25, 2022. The Court held a hearing on the motion to withdraw. Plaintiff’s counsel Gary Saunders and Defendants’ counsel Nicole Johnson appeared telephonically. (ECF No. 18.) Plaintiff did not appear. On March 2, 2022, the Court entered an order granting the motion to withdraw as counsel as record for Plaintiff. (ECF No. 19.) 27 1 Plaintiff’s counsel filed an amended notice of motion and motion on December 22, 2021. Plaintiff was served with copies of both the motion and the amended motion by email and mail. (ECF No. 10.) On March 2, 2022, the Court also entered an order requiring Plaintiff to show cause in writing why this case should not be dismissed for failure to prosecute. (ECF No. 20.) The Court instructed Plaintiff to respond in writing within twenty-one days stating whether he intends to go forward with this case. (Id.) Plaintiff was warned that, if he does not…