Judge: Jon R. Takasugi, Case: 24STCV13004, Date: 2024-10-01 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 24STCV13004    Hearing Date: October 1, 2024    Dept: 17

Superior Court of California

County of Los Angeles

DEPARTMENT 17

TENATIVE RULING

Defendant’s counsel John Wicker’s motion to be relieved as counsel as to Open Road Delivery Holdings is GRANTED, effective upon filing proof of service of the court’s order (MC-053).

Legal Standard

Motions to withdraw are routinely granted if made in the proper form and presented with proper notice. The court may issue an order allowing an attorney to withdraw from representation, after notice to the client.  (Code Civ. Proc., § 284(2).) 

Discussion

            John Wicker brings the instant motion for relief as counsel as to Defendant Open Road Delivery Holdings, Inc.

The following documents are properly submitted: Civil Form MC-051 “Notice of Motion and Motion to be Relieved as Counsel,” Civil Form MC-052 “Declaration in Support of Attorney’s Motion to be Relieved as Counsel,” and Civil Form MC-053 “Order Granting Attorney’s Motion to be Relieved as Counsel.”

            The motion is GRANTED.

It is so ordered.

Dated:  October    , 2024

   Hon. Jon R. Takasugi
   Judge of the Superior Court

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