(PS) Thomas v. Costco Wholesale Corp.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 RUBY N. THOMAS, No. 2:21-cv-01492-TLN-DB 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 COSTCO WHOLESALE

CORPORATION,

15 Defendant. 16

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18 19 This matter is before the Court on a Motion to Withdraw filed by Parham Nikfarjam of 20 Javaheri & Yahoudai, APLC, attorney of record for Plaintiff. (ECF No. 28.) Defendant did not 21 file an opposition. For the reasons set forth below, the Court GRANTS the motion. 22 The local rules of this district require an attorney who would withdraw and leave his or 23 her client without representation to obtain leave of court upon a noticed motion. E.D. Cal. L.R. 24 182(d). Local Rule 182(d) also requires an attorney to provide notice to the client and all other 25 parties who have appeared, and an affidavit stating the current or last known address of the client. 26 Id. Finally, to comply with Local Rule 182(d), the attorney must conform to the requirements of 27 the California Rules of Professional Conduct. Id. 28 /// 1 The decision to…