Sanchez v. Loews Hotels Holding Corporation ( 2020 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 10 RAMON SANCHEZ, JR., Case No.: 19-CV-2084 W (MDD) 11 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING EX PARTE 12 v. APPLICATION TO WITHDRAW AS COUNSEL [DOC. 20] 13 LOEWS HOTEL HOLDING CORPORATION, et al., 14 Defendants. 15 16 17 Pending before the Court is an ex parte application1 by Kristen L. Price to 18 withdraw as attorney of record for Plaintiff Ramon Sanchez Jr. [Doc. 20.] Despite 19 service of the motion on all parties on August 5, 2020, no opposition has been filed. 20 “The grant or denial of an attorney’s motion to withdraw in a civil case is a matter 21 addressed to the discretion of the trial court . . . .” Washington v. Sherwin Real Estate, 22 Inc., 694 F.2d 1081, 1087 (7th Cir. 1982). Factors considered in evaluating the 23 application include: “1) the reasons why withdrawal is sought; 2) the prejudice 24 withdrawal may cause to other litigants; 3) the harm withdrawal might cause to the 25 administration of justice; and 4) the degree to which withdrawal will delay the resolution 26 27 28 1 || of the case.” CE Resource, Inc. v Magellan Group, LLC, 2009 WL 3367489, at *2 (E.D. 2 ||Cal. Oct. 14, 2009) (citing Canandaigua Wine Co., Inc. v. Moldauer, 2009 WL 89141, at 3 || *1 (E.D. Cal. Jan. 14, 2009)). 4 Given the procedural posture of this case, Kristen Price’s withdrawal will not 5 || prejudice the litigants in this matter, harm the administration of justice, or delay 6 || resolution of the case. Plaintiff will continue to be represented through S. Todd Neal and 7 || Justin M. Martin of Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP. 8 For the foregoing reasons, the Court GRANTS the application to withdraw as 9 || counsel of record in this action for Plaintiff. [Doc. 20.] 10 11 IT IS SO ORDERED. 12 13 Dated: August 10, 2020 \ 4 [pe Dor 15 Hn. 1 omas J. Whelan 16 United States District Judge 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28