Opinion
21-CR-0113 JLT-SKO
04-22-2022
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. EMILIO HERNANDEZ YESCA, Defendant.
VIRNA L. SANTOS, ESQ., SBN 150017 Attorney for Emilio Hernandez Yesca
VIRNA L. SANTOS, ESQ., SBN 150017 Attorney for Emilio Hernandez Yesca
MOTION TO WITHDRAW AS COUNSEL OF RECORD AND APPOINT CJA COUNSEL; ORDER THEREON
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 EMILIO HERNANDEZ YESCA. As grounds she states:
1. Virna L. Santos was appointed to represent defendant on April 19, 2021:
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 EMILIO HERNANDEZ YESCA is still in need of counsel. The Federal Public Defender has contacted attorney Roger D. Wilson, who is available to assume representation.
5. Accordingly, undersigned counsel requests that she be permitted to withdraw and that new counsel, Roger D. Wilson (roger@wilson-law.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 Roger D. Wilson is hereby appointed as counsel nunc pro tunc as of April 21, 2022.
IT IS SO ORDERED.