Opinion
17-10007-STA
04-06-2022
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. LAMIEL LAMARCUS HUNTER, Defendant.
ORDER STRIKING NOTICE
S. THOMAS ANDERSON CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Defendant Hunter has filed, pro se, a “Notice Regarding Untimely Motion” (DE #173). Defendant is currently represented by counsel and, thus, cannot file pleadings pro se. See 28 U.S.C. § 1654 (“In all courts of the United States the parties may plead and conduct their own cases personally or by counsel ....”); see also United States v. Toufaili, 2011 WL 318125, at *1 (E.D. Mich. Jan. 31, 2011) (reiterating that a criminal defendant is not entitled to represent himself while simultaneously represented by counsel and citing cases that a party may choose either to represent himself or to appear through an attorney).
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the Notice Regarding Untimely Motion (DE #173) is hereby STRICKEN from the record.
The Clerk's Office is directed to mail a copy of this order to the defendant at the address listed on the motion accompanying his Notice.