Opinion
No. 2:12-cv-00957 LKK EFB
04-08-2013
FELIX LUCERO, Petitioner, v. VINCENT CULLEN, Warden, Respondent.
JOSEPH SCHLESINGER Acting Federal Defender DAVID M. PORTER Assistant Federal Defender Attorneys for Petitioner FELIX LUCERO MARGARET LITTLEFIELD
JOSEPH SCHLESINGER, Cal. Bar # 87692
Acting Federal Defender
DAVID M. PORTER, Bar #127024
Assistant Federal Defender
801 "I" Street, 3rd Floor
Sacramento, California 95814
Telephone: (916) 498-5700
Attorneys for Respondent
FELIX LUCERO
REQUEST FOR SUBSTITUTION OF COUNSEL;
PROPOSED ORDER
Petitioner, FELIX LUCERO, hereby moves this Court for an order substituting Margaret Littlefield, Attorney at Law, P.O. Box 337, Bolinas, CA, 94924, telephone (415) 868-9209; as counsel for the Petitioner in the above-entitled case. The Federal Defender's Office has determined that the Petitioner meets the financial qualifications for appointment of counsel as reflected in the Application to Proceed Without Prepayment of Fees. The Federal Defender's Office has also determined that it is currently unable to continue its representation of Petitioner. Ms. Littlefield has agreed to represent the Petitioner.
Ms. Littlefield is aware of any deadlines in this case. The undersigned is authorized to sign this substitution motion on her behalf.
Respectfully submitted,
JOSEPH SCHLESINGER
Acting Federal Defender
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DAVID M. PORTER
Assistant Federal Defender
Attorneys for Petitioner
FELIX LUCERO
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MARGARET LITTLEFIELD
ORDER
Pursuant to this Motion for Substitution of Counsel and for the reasons stated therein, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Margaret Littlefield, Attorney at Law, shall be substituted in as appointed counsel for Petitioner in place of the Office of the Federal Defender for the Eastern District of California.
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EDMUND F. BRENNAN
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE