Opinion
20-CR-126-LTS
03-16-2022
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. MARKEL SMALLS, Defendant.
ORDER
LAURA TAYLOR SWAIN, CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE.
The Court has received an undated letter from Defendant Markel Smalls requesting a change of counsel. The letter, which references sensitive attorney-client communications, will be filed under seal, and a copy has been provided to Mr. Smalls's current counsel, Calvin Harold Scholar, Esq.
A conference to address Mr. Smalls's request for a change in counsel is scheduled for April 1, 2022, at 11:30 a.m., in Courtroom 17C. The parties' attention is directed to the Court's policies regarding courthouse entry and COVID-19 test reporting protocols, which are available on the Court's website, at https://www.nysd.uscourts.gov/covid-19-coronavirus.
Mr. Scholar is directed to promptly provide a copy of this Order to Mr. Smalls, and to promptly contact and confer with Mr. Smalls concerning the matters raised in his letter.
SO ORDERED. 1