Glenn Hagele filed a frivolous lawsuit against Dr. Lauranell Burch in North Carolina in December 2007.  On December 14, 2009 Jonathan Sasser, the attorney for Glenn Hagele, filed a motion to withdraw from representation and cited the following provisions of North Carolina Rules of Professional Conduct: 1.16(b(3) 1.16(b)(4) 1.16(b(5),  The portion of the North Carolina Rules of Professional Conduct which Jonathan Sasser cited is:

Rule 1.16 Declining or Terminating Representation

(a) Except as stated in paragraph (c), a lawyer shall not represent a client or, where representation has commenced, shall withdraw from the representation of a client if:

(1) the representation will result in violation of law or the Rules of Professional Conduct;

(2) the lawyer’s physical or mental condition materially impairs the lawyer’s ability to represent the client; or

(3) the lawyer is discharged.

(b) Except as stated in paragraph (c), a lawyer may withdraw from representing a client if:

(1) withdrawal can be accomplished without material adverse effect on the interests of the client; or

(2) the client knowingly and freely assents to the termination of the representation; or

(3) the client persists in a course of action involving the lawyer’s services that the lawyer reasonably believes is criminal or fraudulent; or

(4) the client insists upon taking action that the lawyer considers repugnant, imprudent, or contrary to the advice and judgment of the lawyer, or with which the lawyer has a fundamental disagreement; or

(5) the client has used the lawyer’s services to perpetrate a crime or fraud; or

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