Mills

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 CENIOUS BREWSTER, Case No. 20-cv-03254-HSG

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION TO

DISQUALIFY COUNSEL

v. Re: Dkt. No. 113 DANIEL T MILLS, et al., Defendants.

12 Pending before the Court is Plaintiff Cenious Brewster’s motion to disqualify counsel Meredith B. Osborn and the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office. Dkt. No. 113. The Court finds this matter appropriate for disposition without oral argument and the matter is deemed submitted. See Civil L.R. 7-1(b). The Ninth Circuit has cautioned that because motions to disqualify may be filed for “tactical purposes,” they are “subjected to particularly strict judicial scrutiny.” See Optyl Eyewear Fashion Intern. Corp. v. Style Companies, Ltd., 760 F.2d 1045, 1050 (9th Cir. 1985) (quotation omitted). Under Civil L.R. 11–4(a)(1), all attorneys who practice in this Court must comply with the standards of professional conduct required of members of the State Bar of California. The …