United States v. Tovar

Full title: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. JORGE ALBERTO TOVAR, Defendant.

Court: United States District Court, Eastern District of California

Date published: Jul 16, 2021

1:06-cr-00360- LJO (E.D. Cal. Jul. 16, 2021)

Opinion

1:06-cr-00360- LJO

07-16-2021

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. JORGE ALBERTO TOVAR, Defendant.

ERIC V. KERSTEN Assistant Federal Defender Branch Chief, Fresno Office

Barbara A. McAuliffe UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

ERIC V. KERSTEN Assistant Federal Defender Branch Chief, Fresno Office

APPLICATION AND ORDER APPOINTING COUNSEL

Barbara A. McAuliffe UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

Defendant, Jorge Alberto Tovar, through the Federal Defender for the Eastern District of California, hereby requests appointment of counsel for assistance in seeking early termination of his supervised release.

Mr. Tovar has completed more than half of his 120 month term of supervised release. He wishes to request early termination and was advised by his supervising probation officer to contact the Office of the Federal Defender to assist him with filing a motion for early termination.

Mr. Tovar submits the attached Financial Affidavit as evidence of his inability to retain counsel at this time. Therefore, after reviewing Mr. Tovar Financial Affidavit, it is respectfully recommended that counsel be appointed.

ORDER

Having satisfied the Court that the defendant is financially unable to retain counsel at this time, the Court hereby appoint counsel pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3006A.

IT IS SO ORDERED.