Collins
Collins v. Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 JANIE COLLINS, Case No. 19-cv-03614-VKD
Plaintiff,
ORDER DISMISSING CASE
v. WITHOUT PREJUDICE
SANTA CLARA VALLEY
TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY,
12 Defendant.
13 On September 1, 2020, the Court conditionally granted the motion by AllAccess Law Group and attorneys Irene Karbelashvili and Irakli Karbelashvili to withdraw as plaintiff Janie Collins’s counsel of record, finding that counsel’s inability to communicate with Ms. Collins on a regular or reliable basis beginning in May 2020 rendered their continued representation of her unreasonably difficult. Dkt. No. 37. The order permitted withdrawal subject to the condition that counsel continue to accept service of papers for the purpose of forwarding them to Ms. Collins, until Ms. Collins appeared by other counsel or indicated that she intended to represent herself, or until the Court ordered otherwise. Id. In that same order, the Court stayed…