United States of America for the Use and Benefit of Just Construction, Inc. v. K.O.O. Construction, Inc.
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR Case No.: 19cv1753 JM (KSC)
THE USE AND BENEFIT OF JUST
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CONSTRUCTION, INC.,
13 Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S
14 v. COUNSEL’S MOTION TO 15 WITHDRAW K.O.O. CONSTRUCTION, INC.; and 16 GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE
COMPANY,
17 Defendants, 18
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AND RELATED COUNTERCLAIMS.
20 21 22 On April 19, 2021, counsel for Just Construction Inc., (“JCI”) – Louis J. Blum and 23 Kelly A. Floyd of Finch, Thornton & Baird, LLP (“FTB”) – filed the instant motion to 24 withdraw as counsel of record for JCI “based on JCI’s failure to pay substantial amounts 25 owed to FTB” and “material breach of the services agreement with FTB.” (Doc. No. 60.) 26 By declaration, counsel avers that Mr. Romero was repeatedly advised that FTB would file 27 the instant motion to withdraw if payment issues were not resolved. (Doc. No. 60-1.) 28 Attached to the motion is a proof of service signed by an FTB employee stating that a copy 1 of the motion and its…