Judge: Lee W. Tsao, Case: 24NWCV01926, Date: 2025-06-03 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 24NWCV01926    Hearing Date: June 3, 2025    Dept: C

Sandy Rodriguez v. UKA’s Big Saver Foods, Inc., Case No. 24NWCV01926

Attorney Brett Yorke, the Attorney for Plaintiff Sandy Rodriguez, applies ex parte to advance the hearing date for the Motion to Be Relieved as Counsel currently scheduled for hearing on September 5, 2025.  A Mandatory Settlement Conference is scheduled for November 6, 2025 and Trial is scheduled for February 19, 2026.  Attorney Yorke believes that he has an ethical obligation to seek immediate withdrawal because there has been an irreconcilable breakdown of the attorney-client relationship.  The ex parte application is GRANTED in part.  The Motion to Be Relieved as Counsel is ADVANCED from September 5, 2025 to today’s date and CONTINUED to June 25, 2025 at 9:30 a.m. in Dept. SE-C.  The ex parte application is deemed to be the moving papers.  Opposition and Reply briefs to be filed in compliance with the new hearing date.  Moving party to give notice.