Judge: William A. Crowfoot, Case: BC717477, Date: 2022-10-24 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: BC717477    Hearing Date: October 24, 2022    Dept: 27

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES - CENTRAL DISTRICT

 

JOSE LUIS GONZALEZ,

                   Plaintiff(s),

          vs.

 

JOSE ECHEVARRIA, et al.,

 

                   Defendant(s).

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      CASE NO.: BC717477

 

[TENTATIVE] ORDER RE: MOTION TO BE RELIEVED AS COUNSEL

 

 

Dept. 27

1:30 p.m.

October 24, 2022

 

          Daniel Kim, Esq. of the Law Offices of Daniel Kim seeks to be relieved as counsel of record for Plaintiff Jose Luis Gonzalez on grounds that there has been an irreparable breakdown of the attorney-client relationship, which has made it unreasonably difficult for counsel to effectively carry out employment.        

          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.)

         

At the hearing on this motion on August 25, 2022, the Court ordered counsel to file a declaration with the Court stating whether Plaintiff's Counsel and Plaintiff have met and conferred and whether Plaintiff's Counsel will be able to continue to represent Plaintiff.  The Court also gave counsel the opportunity to withdraw his motion to be relieved in lieu of filing the above declaration.  As no declaration has been filed, the Court construes this as an admission that Plaintiff’s Counsel intends to continue in his representation of Plaintiff. 

Accordingly, the motion to be relieved as counsel is DENIED without prejudice.

Moving party to give notice. 

Parties who intend to submit on this tentative must send an email to the Court at SSCDEPT27@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.