Kassab

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOANDARK KASSAB, Case No.: 3:20-cv-02422-WQH-BGS individually, and as a trustee of 12 the Kassab Family 2014 Trust, ORDER and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff, v. MUFG UNION BANK, N.A., Defendant. HAYES, Judge: The matter before the Court is the Motion to Withdraw as Counsel, filed by the law firms of Manfred, APC and Carlson Lynch, LLP, and attorneys Manfred P. Muecke, Todd D. Carpenter, and Scott G. Braden, collectively counsel for Plaintiff Joandark Kassab (ECF No. 19). “An attorney may not withdraw as counsel except by leave of court and [t]he decision to grant or deny counsel's motion to withdraw is committed to the discretion of the trial court.” Beard v. Shuttermart of Cal., Inc., No. 07-cv-594-WQH-NLS, 2008 WL 410694, at *2 (S.D. Cal. Feb. 13, 2008). “In ruling on a motion to withdraw as counsel, courts consider: (1) the reasons why withdrawal is sought; (2) the prejudice withdrawal 28 1 …