Judge: William A. Crowfoot, Case: 22STCV13792, Date: 2023-04-03 Tentative Ruling


Case Number: 22STCV13792    Hearing Date: April 3, 2023    Dept: 3

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES - NORTHEAST DISTRICT

 

ROSEVIANNEY C. OGUMSI,

                   Plaintiff(s),

          vs.

 

RICHARD DALE GENTILE, D.D.S., et al.,

 

                   Defendant(s).

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      CASE NO.: 22STCV13792

 

[TENTATIVE] ORDER RE: MOTION TO BE RELIEVED

 

Dept. 3

8:30 a.m.

April 3, 2023

 

 

 

 

Chima A. Anyanwu, Esq. (“Counsel”) seeks to be relieved as counsel of record for plaintiff Rosevianney Ogumsi (“Plaintiff”).  Counsel states that Plaintiff has breached essential terms of the attorney-client agreement making it difficult to continue representation without violating ethical duties.  Absent a showing of resulting prejudice, an attorney’s request for withdrawal should be granted.  (People v. Prince (1968) 268 Cal.App.2d 398, 406.) 

The Court notes that trial is set for March 18, 2024 and no prejudice will result from granting this motion.  However, the proposed order fails to include the date and time of the final status conference on March 7, 2024 at 9:00 a.m.  The proposed order also fails to check Item 5b.  Accordingly, the hearing on this unopposed motion to be relieved is CONTINUED to __________ to allow Counsel to file a revised proposed order.   The revised proposed order must be filed no later than 5 court days before the hearing. 

 

Moving party to give notice.

Parties who intend to submit on this tentative must send an email to the Court at ALHDEPT27@lacourt.org indicating intention to submit on the tentative as directed by the instructions provided on the court website at www.lacourt.org.  Please be advised that if you submit on the tentative and elect not to appear at the hearing, the opposing party may nevertheless appear at the hearing and argue the matter.  Unless you receive a submission from all other parties in the matter, you should assume that others might appear at the hearing to argue.  If the Court does not receive emails from the parties indicating submission on this tentative ruling and there are no appearances at the hearing, the Court may, at its discretion, adopt the tentative as the final order or place the motion off calendar.

 

Dated this 3rd day of April 2023      

 

 

 

 

William A. Crowfoot

Judge of the Superior Court