Mosley

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 IVAN MOSLEY, an individual, Case No.: 21-CV-1129 TWR (JLB)

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING WITHOUT

v. PREJUDICE DONALD R. HOLBEN & ASSOCIATES, APC’S MOTION CARLOS DEL TORO, Secretary

TO BE RELIEVED AS COUNSEL

of the Navy, Department of the Navy, FOR PLAINTIFF IVAN MOSLEY a governmental entity; and DOES

through 25, inclusive, (ECF No. 27) Defendants. 18 19 Presently before the Court is Donald R. Holben & Associates, APC’s Motion to Be Relieved as Counsel for Plaintiff Ivan Mosley (“Mot.,” ECF No. 27), which is noticed for a hearing on November 17, 2022. The Motion is predicated—without further elaboration—on a “breakdown in the attorney-client relationship[] and . . . . irreconcilable differences.” (See ECF No. 27-1 (“Mem.”) at 2; see also id. at 3–4; ECF No. 27-2 (“Holben Decl.”) ¶ 5.) Further, although no Early Neutral Evaluation conference (“ENE”) had been 26 …