Lal

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Jessup Lal, No. 2:22-cv-01540-KJM-DMC Plaintiff, ORDER v. Enloe Medical Center, et al., 1S Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Sareela Lal’s attorney moves to withdraw as counsel. For the reasons below, the 18 court denies counsel’s motion to withdraw. IT. BACKGROUND Jessup Lal brought this employment action against defendants Enloe Medical Center and Angela Sidney in Butte County Superior Court. Compl., Notice of Removal, ECF No. 1-1. Defendants removed the case to this court. Notice of Removal, ECF No. 1. Shortly after the 23 assigned magistrate judge scheduled the case, see Sched. Order, ECF No. 12, defendants notified 24 the court that Mr. Lal had died, Notice of Death, ECF No. 18. Accordingly, the assigned magistrate judge modified the scheduling order and vacated the litigation schedule. Order (Apr. 26, 2023), ECF No. 20. Mr. Lal’s surviving…