Integrity Business Partners, LLC v. DB Asset Group, LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Integrity Business Partners, LLC, No. 2:21-cv-01187-KJM-KIN Plaintiff, ORDER v. DB Asset Group, LLC, et al., Defendants. 16 Attorney Suzanne M. Alves moves to withdraw as plaintiff’s counsel. Mot., ECF No. 12. The court submits the matter and, for the following reasons, grants the motion to withdraw. If withdrawal would leave a client in propria persona, Local Rule 182(d) requires the 20 withdrawing person to seek leave of court, file a formal motion, and provide notice of the withdrawal to the client and all other parties who have appeared. The attorney must provide an 22 affidavit stating the efforts made to notify the client of the motion to withdraw, L.R. 182(d), and 23 “take[ ] reasonable steps to avoid reasonably foreseeable prejudice to the rights of the client.” Cal. R. Prof. Conduct 3-700(A)(2). The court considers whether there is good cause for withdrawal. Johnson v. California Dep’t of Corr. &…