Opinion
1:21-cr-00256-RP-8
10-11-2022
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff v. ANDRES RUBEN RAMIREZ (8), Defendant
ORDER ON MOTION TO APPOINT NEW COUNSEL
SUSAN HIGHTOWER, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
Now before the Court is Defendant Andres Ruben Ramirez's Motion to Appoint New Counsel, filed September 19, 2022 (Dkt. 237). The District Court referred the Motion to the undersigned Magistrate Judge for resolution (Dkt. 239).
On October 11, 2022, the Court held a hearing on the Motion, during which counsel Joseph T. Marcee agreed that new counsel may help Mr. Ramirez's case move forward. Having considered the Motion and statements by Mr. Ramirez and Mr. Marcee during the hearing, the undersigned finds that there is good cause to appoint new counsel, and that Defendant has received notice.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Defendant's Motion to Appoint New Counsel (Dkt. 237) is GRANTED. Joseph T. Marcee is hereby WITHDRAWN and, consistent with the Court's Order Regarding Financial Status (Dkt. 56), Hector Del Toro #05653700 is hereby APPOINTED as Defendant's counsel of record.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this case be removed from the Magistrate Court's docket and returned to the docket of the Honorable Robert Pitman.