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Parties Involved:
Advanced Trailer Sales and Service, LLC
Defendant
Scott Johnson
Plaintiff
Darryl L. Parrish
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SCOTT JOHNSON,

Plaintiff,

v.

DARRYL L. PARRISH and 

ADVANCED TRAILER SALES AND 

SERVICE, LLC,

Defendants.

No. 2:14-cv-02045-MCE-CKD

ORDER

Presently before the Court is Catherine M. Corfee’s unopposed Motion to

Withdraw as Counsel for Defendant Advanced Trailer Sales and Service, LLC 

(“Defendant”) (ECF No. 11). For the reasons that follow, Corfee’s Motion is granted. 

Defendant is currently represented by both Corfee and Charles L. Hastings. 

According to Corfee, she and Defendant agreed on November 17, 2014 that she would 

cease representing Defendant in this matter, as Defendant preferred to proceed with 

only Hastings as counsel. Despite her attempts, Corfee has been unable to obtain 

Defendant’s and Hastings’s written consent to a substitution of attorneys. See Local 

Rule 182(g). 

Because granting Corfee’s Motion will not leave Defendant in propria persona,

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Local Rule 182(d) is inapplicable. California Rule of Professional Conduct 3-700(C)(5) 

permits a member of the State Bar of California to seek to withdraw from representation 

when “[t]he client knowingly and freely assents to termination of the employment.” Of 

course, “[a] member shall not withdraw from employment until the member has taken 

reasonable steps to avoid reasonably foreseeable prejudice to the rights of the client, 

including giving due notice to the client, allowing time for employment of other 

counsel, . . . and complying with applicable laws and rules.” Cal. R. of Professional

Conduct 3-700(A)(2). 

There is no indication that granting Corfee’s Motion will cause any prejudice to 

Defendant, as Hastings will continue to represent Defendant in this case. According to 

Corfee, she and Defendant mutually agreed to the termination of her employment on 

November 17, 2014. Although Corfee was unable to obtain either Defendant’s or 

Hastings’s written consent, Defendant has not filed an opposition to Corfee’s Motion or 

otherwise conveyed to the Court that it does not knowingly and freely assent to Corfee’s 

termination. 

Accordingly, Corfee’s Motion to Withdraw as Counsel for Defendant Advanced 

Trailer Sales and Service, LLC (ECF No. 11) is GRANTED. Catherine M. Corfee is 

hereby relieved as counsel of record for Defendant. Charles L. Hastings shall remain as 

counsel of record for Defendant. The hearing on this matter, currently scheduled for 

April 16, 2015, is hereby VACATED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 6, 2015

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