Judge: Maurice A. Leiter, Case: 24STCV29200, Date: 2025-06-13 Tentative Ruling
Case Number: 24STCV29200 Hearing Date: June 13, 2025 Dept: 54
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Geanee Bostick, |
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24STCV29200 |
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Tentative Ruling |
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City of Los Angeles, et al., |
Defendants. |
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Hearing
Date: June 13, 2025
Department
54, Judge Maurice A. Leiter
Motion
to Be Relieved as Counsel
Moving Party: Law Offices of Samer
Habbas & Associate, P.C., counsel of record for Plaintiff Geanee
Bostick
Responding Party: None
T/R: THE MOTION IS GRANTED.
COUNSEL TO FILE PROOF OF SERVICE OF ORDER ON PLAINTIFF 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 as long as the
withdrawal would not result in undue prejudice to the client’s interest—i.e.,
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.)
The Law Offices of Samer Habbas & Associate, P.C.,
counsel of record for Plaintiff Geanee Bostick seeks to withdraw from
representation of Plaintiff. Counsel states that there has been a breakdown in
the attorney-client relationship. Trial is set for June 15, 2026; no prejudice
will result from counsel’s withdrawal. Counsel has complied with CRC 3.1362.
There is good cause for counsel’s withdrawal. The motion is
GRANTED.