1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 ANITA GOR, Case No. 21-cv-01840-EMC

8 Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING REQUEST TO

9 v. TERMINATE REPRESENTATION

10 BRITISH AIRWAYS, PLC, Docket No. 63 11 Defendant.

12 13 14 The attorney-client relationship between Plaintiff Anita Gor and her attorney P. David 15 Cienfuegos has become untenable and irreparable. Under the California Standards of Professional 16 Conduct, an attorney may withdraw from representing a client on the grounds of “conduct [that] 17 renders it unreasonably difficult for the member to carry out the employment effectively.” Cal. R. 18 Prof. Conduct 3–700(C)(1)(d). Based on Ms. Gor’s written opposition and her and Mr. 19 Cienfuegos’ representations at the ex parte hearing, the Court finds that there has been a 20 significant breakdown in the attorney-client relationship that renders it unreasonably difficult for 21 the parties to carry out the representation effectively. See, e.g., Steshenko v. McKay, No. 09-CV- 22 05543-RS (JSC), 2014 WL 4352086, at *1 (N.D. Cal. Sept. 2, 2014). 23 /// 24 /// 25 /// 26 /// 27 /// 1 Thus, the Court GRANTS Ms. Gor’s request for Mr. Cienfuegos to withdraw as counsel. 2 Mr. Cienfuegos is directed to serve this order on Ms. Gor and file a proof of service shortly 3 thereafter. All filings shall then be served directly on Ms. Gor from this point forward. 4 This order disposes of Docket No. 63. 5 6 IT IS SO ORDERED. 7 8 Dated: March 16, 2023 9 10 ______________________________________

EDWARD M. CHEN

11 United States District Judge 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27