Opinion
1:20-CR-034 DAD-BAM
04-20-2022
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. HERMINIA HERRERA ORTIZ, Defendant v.
VIRNA L. SANTOS Attorney for Defendant HERMINIA HERRERA
VIRNA L. SANTOS Attorney for Defendant HERMINIA HERRERA
MOTION TO WITHDRAW AS COUNSEL OF RECORD AND APPOINT CJA COUNSEL
Virna L. Santos, appointed counsel of record in the above-captioned case, hereby moves for an order allowing her to withdraw as counsel of record and for the appointment of new counsel to represent HERMINIA HERRERA ORTIZ. As grounds she states:
1. Virna L. Santos was appointed to represent defendant on February 25, 2020:
2. At the time of appointment the undersigned was a member of the Criminal Justice Act Panel for the Eastern District of California.
3. Undersigned counsel has accepted a judicial appointment to the Fresno County Superior Court, and consequently, must close her private practice.
4. Defendant HERMINIA HERRERA ORTIZ is still in need of counsel. The Federal Public Defender has contacted attorney Alekxia L. Torres Stallings, who is available to assume representation.
5. Accordingly, undersigned counsel requests that she be permitted to withdraw and that new counsel, Alekxia L. Torres Stallings (lextorres@torreslaw.com), be appointed. Undersigned counsel requests that she be removed from the service list.
ORDER
Attorney Virna L. Santos' motion to withdraw as counsel is hereby GRANTED and her name should be removed from the service list. Attorney Alekxia L. Torres Stallings is hereby appointed as counsel nunc pro tunc.
IT IS SO ORDERED.