Ducart

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Jorge Andrade Rico, No. 2:19-cv-01989-KJM-DB Plaintiff, ORDER v. Clark E. Ducart et al., 1S Defendants. 16 Shawna L. Ballard, Brian C. Baran, and Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLP, counsel of record for plaintiff Jorge Andrade Rico, move for leave to withdraw as counsel. Mot. ECF No. 58. Plaintiff opposes the motion. Jd. at 2.! Defendants have not opposed the motion. For the reasons below, the court denies the motion without prejudice. Under Local Rule 182(d), if withdrawal would leave a client in propria persona, as it would in this case, the withdrawing attorney must seek leave of court, file a formal motion, and 23 provide notice of the withdrawal to the client and all other parties who have appeared. E.D. Cal. L.R. 182(d). The attorney must provide an affidavit stating the efforts made to notify the client of 25 the motion to withdraw, id., and “take[ ]…