Opinion
07-CR-103-S.
September 6, 2007
ORDER
This case was scheduled for a pretrial motion hearing on August 23, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. Because defendant Lori Kaufman, by counsel Attorney Dennis Ryan, filed no pretrial motions and waived her appearance at the hearing, we converted it to a telephonic hearing. But 2:00 came and went without any appearance by Attorney Ryan. The Assistant United States Attorney assigned to this case could not reach him, and to date has received no response to those phone messages that were left. We still have not held a pretrial conference in this case and have no idea why Attorney Ryan did not appear and has not communicated with the court.
We cannot wait any longer. Attorney Ryan is removed from the representation of defendant Kaufman in this case. The federal defender is directed to appoint replacement counsel, after which the court will hold a telephonic status conference to discuss scheduling.