Judge: Maurice A. Leiter, Case: 23STCV26703, Date: 2024-10-09 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 23STCV26703    Hearing Date: October 9, 2024    Dept: 54

Hearing Date: October 9, 2024

Department 54, Judge Maurice A. Leiter

(2) Motions to Be Relieved as Counsel

Moving Party: Dev Das, counsel of record for Defendants Arcturian Light, LLC and Memory Buss

Responding Party: None

T/R:      THE MOTIONS ARE GRANTED. COUNSEL TO FILE PROOFS OF SERVICE OF ORDER ON DEFENDANTS WITHIN 5 DAYS OF NOTICE OF RULING. COUNSEL WILL BE RELIEVED UPON FILING OF PROOF OF SERVICE OF ORDER.

COUNSEL TO NOTICE.

The Court considers the moving papers. No opposition has been received.

The Court may issue an order allowing an attorney to withdraw from representation, after notice to the client.  (CCP § 284.)  The attorney may withdraw from representation when the withdrawal would not result in undue prejudice to the client’s interest—that is, counsel cannot withdraw at a critical point in the litigation.  (Ramirez v. Sturdevant (1994) 21 Cal. App. 4th 904, 915; see California Rule of Professional Conduct 3-700.)

Dev Das, counsel of record for Defendants Arcturian Light, LLC and Memory Buss, seeks to withdraw from representation of Defendants. Counsel state that the attorney-client relationships have broken down. Trial is set for June 16, 2025; no prejudice will result from counsel’s withdrawal. Counsel has complied with CRC 3.1362.

There is good cause for counsel’s withdrawal. The motions are GRANTED.