Judge: Maurice A. Leiter, Case: BC719258, Date: 2022-09-15 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: BC719258    Hearing Date: September 15, 2022    Dept: 54

Hearing Date: September 15, 2022

Department 54, Judge Maurice A. Leiter

Motion to Be Relieved as Counsel

Moving Party: Mansfield Collins, counsel of record for Plaintiff Razan Ammari

Responding Party: None

T/R:     THE MOTION IS GRANTED. COUNSEL TO FILE PROOF 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 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.)

Attorney Mansfield Collins, counsel of record for Plaintiff Razan Ammari, seeks to withdraw from representation of Plaintiff. Counsel states that the attorney-client relationship has broken down. Trial is set for February 21, 2023; 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.