Clark v. United States of America
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MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER re: Attorney-Client Privilege Waiver granting 13 Motion; granting 14 Motion to Extend Deadlines. Signed by US Magistrate Judge John E. Simko on 5/20/13. (SLW) (Additional attachment(s) added on 5/20/2013: # 1 Waiver) (SLW).
ATTORNEY -CLIENT PRIVILEGE WAIVER
You have made a motion under 28 U .S.C. § 2255 alleging that you received ineffective assistance
from your former lawyer, George E. Grassby. The Court has reviewed your motion and determined
that an affidavit from your former lawyer concerning the specific allegations in your motion is
necessary to in order to evaluate your motion.
The American Bar Association advises your attorney to obtain your consent before disclosing
confidential communications between you and him that may bear on the disposition of your motion.
This is a professional ethics requirement. As a matter of law, you have waived the attorney-client
privilege regarding the allegations of ineffective assistance of counsel in your motion. This means
that if you wish to proceed on your claims of ineffective assistance, you must allow your
communications with your former counsel concerning the specific claims to be disclosed to the
Government and to the Court.
If you wish to proceed with your claims of ineffective assistance of counsel as set forth in your
Section 2255 motion, you must sign this form and return it to the Court. The form authorizes your
attorney to disclose confidential communications only to the extent necessary to address the
ineffective assistance of counsel claims that are raised by your 28 U.S.c. § 2255 motion.
You should know that ifyou sign this authorization, you run the risk that your attorney will contradict
your statements about his representation ofyou. However, you should also know that the Court will
strike the ineffective assistance ofcounsel claims in your motion ifyou do not authorize your attorney
to give an affidavit in response to the ineffective assistance claims.
You must return this form within fourteen (14) days from the date of the Court1s order directing the
clerk to mail this Waiver to you or the allegations ofineffective assistance of counsel will be stricken
from your motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255.
AUTHORIZATION
I have read the document entitled "Attorney-Client Privilege Waiver." I hereby authorize my former
attorney, George Grassby, to disclose confidential communications only to the extent necessary to
address the ineffective assistance of counsel claims that are raised by my motion under 28 U.S.C. §
2255.
Dated this _ _ day
- - - - - - - - , 2013.
Movant Arland Clark
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