Opinion
1:21-cr-00207-JLT-SKO
11-16-2022
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. WILLIAM LEE ROBINSON, Defendant.
HEATHER E. WILLIAMS, CA Bar 122664 Federal Defender JAYA C. GUPTA, CA Bar 312138 Assistant Federal Defender Attorneys for Defendant WILLIAM LEE ROBINSON
HEATHER E. WILLIAMS, CA Bar 122664 Federal Defender JAYA C. GUPTA, CA Bar 312138 Assistant Federal Defender Attorneys for Defendant WILLIAM LEE ROBINSON
MOTION TO WITHDRAW AS COUNSEL OF RECORD AND APPOINT CJA COUNSEL
BARBARA A. MCAULIFFE UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
Jaya C. Gupta, Assistant Federal Defender, and counsel of record in the above-captioned case, hereby moves for an order allowing her to withdraw as counsel of record and for appointment of new counsel to represent defendant WILLIAM LEE ROBINSON As grounds, she states:
1. The Federal Defender's Office was appointed to represent William Lee Robinson on December 3, 2021, at his initial appearance on an indictment. Dkt. #8.
2. At the time of appointment, the undersigned was an Assistant Federal Defender with the Federal Defender's Office in Fresno.
3. The undersigned has taken a position with the Federal Defender's Office in the Central District of California to be closer to her family and anticipates making the transition in late November 2022.
4. As Mr. Robinson is still in need to counsel to represent him, our office has contacted CJA panel attorney Marc Days, who is available and willing to accept the appointment.
5. Accordingly, the undersigned requests that she be permitted to withdraw from the case, and that new counsel, Marc Days, be appointed.
ORDER
IT IS SO ORDERED that the Office of the Federal Defender may withdraw from its representation of WILLIAM LEE ROBINSON, and that CJA panel counsel Marc Days shall be appointed.
ORDER
IT IS SO ORDERED.