Griffin v. Asunicon

Filing 9

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Kendall J. Newman on 03/23/17 ordering that BENJAMIN P. RAMOS, Attorney at Law, is substituted in as appointed counsel for Petitioner SYLVESTER GRIFFIN in place of the Office of the Federal Defender for the Eastern District of California. (Plummer, M)

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HEATHER E. WILLIAMS, Bar No. 122664
Federal Defender
CAROLYN M. WIGGIN, Bar No. 182732
Assistant Federal Defender
801 I Street, 3rd. Floor
Sacramento, California 95814
Telephone: [phone]
Attorney for Petitioner
SYLVESTER GRIFFIN

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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SYLVESTER GRIFFIN,
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Petitioner,
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v.
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DEBBIE ASUNICON, Warden,
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Respondent.
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) Case No. 2:16-cv-01835-KJN
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) REQUEST FOR SUBSTITUTION OF
) ATTORNEY; ORDER
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Petitioner Sylvester Griffin hereby moves this Court for an order substituting
Benjamin P. Ramos
Law Office of Benjamin Ramos
705 E. Bidwell
Suite 2-359
Folsom, CA 95630
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
as counsel for the petitioner Sylvester Griffin. The Federal Defender’s Office has determined
that it is currently unable to represent Mr. Griffin. Mr. Ramos has agreed to represent Mr.
Griffin.
The undersigned is authorized to sign this substitution motion on Mr. Ramos’s behalf.

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Dated: March 21, 2017

Respectfully submitted,

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HEATHER E. WILLIAMS
Federal Defender

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s/ Carolyn M. Wiggin
CAROLYN M. WIGGIN
Assistant Federal Defender

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Dated: March 21, 2017
s/ Benjamin P. Ramos____
BENJAMIN P. RAMOS
Attorney at Law

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ORDER

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Pursuant to this Motion for Substitution of Counsel and for the reasons stated therein, IT

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IS HEREBY ORDERED that BENJAMIN P. RAMOS, Attorney at Law, is substituted in as

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appointed counsel for Petitioner SYLVESTER GRIFFIN in place of the Office of the Federal

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Defender for the Eastern District of California.

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Dated: March 23, 2017

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