Ducart
(PC) Rico v. Ducart
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
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 After the court denied their motion to withdraw without prejudice, Prior Order, ECF No. 63, Shawna L. Ballard, Brian C. Baran, and Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLP, counsel of record for plaintiff Jorge Andrade Rico, renewed their motion for leave to withdraw as counsel, Mot. ECF No. 65. Movants also request an amendment to the briefing schedule to provide plaintiff with an opportunity to file a supplemental brief if the court grants their motion. “Defendants take no position on the withdrawal motion and do not oppose the requested 23 supplemental briefing.” Mot. at 3.! The court takes the matter under submission without holding 24 a hearing and grants the motion. Under Local Rule 182(d), if withdrawal would leave a client in propria persona, as it would…