Garcia v. USA

Filing 13

ORDER granting 12 Motion for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice; added D. Craig Hughes for Alejandro Salinas Garcia. Signed by District Judge Richard Voorhees on 2/12/15. (Pro se litigant served by US Mail.)(smj)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
STATESVILLE DIVISION
5:13-cv-149-RLV
(5:09-cr-25-RLV-DCK-1)
ALEJANDRO SALINAS GARCIA,

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Petitioner,
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vs.
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
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Respondent.
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ORDER

This matter is before the Court on a Motion for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice as to D.
Craig Hughes. (Doc. No. 12). This Court’s Local Rules provide that local counsel is necessary
for pro hac vice admission and to continue to practice pro hac vice, unless the Court grants
Special Admission to pro hac vice counsel to represent a party without local counsel. See Local
Civ. R. 83.1. Special admissions are discretionary. See Local Civ. R. 83.1(C)(1).
Pro hac vice counsel Hughes asserts that he is a member in good standing with the State
Bar of Texas, the Bar of the United States Supreme Court, the Fourth, Fifth, and Seventh Circuit
United States Courts of Appeals, as well as the United States District Courts for the Northern and
Southern Districts of Texas, the Northern and Southern Districts of Illinois, and the District of
Nebraska. In support of the motion, counsel Hughes attests that, in response to Petitioner’s pro
se motion to vacate, the Government has indicated that an evidentiary hearing may be warranted
based on a claimed conflict with a previous attorney, David B. Freeman. Hughes attests that he
has “approached more than eight attorneys or law firms since the first of the year to serve as
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associated local counsel and have consistently run across the same obstacle and reasoning for
denial. They are either acquainted with Mr. Freedman, have worked with him in the past, or
known him personally and would be conflicted if associated with this matter in any way.” (Doc.
No. 12 at 1).
The Court will GRANT the Motion for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice. (Doc. No. 12).
Counsel is admonished to be fully familiar with the rules and procedures of this Court. Should it
appear to the Court that counsel is not acting in compliance with the rules and procedures of this
Court, the Court may revoke the special admission of counsel.

Signed: February 12, 2015

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