Legal Opinion

United States v. Matias

District Court, D. Massachusetts

Decided February 2, 2012No. Criminal Nos. 09-40013-FDS, 08-40020-FDSPublished

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON MOTION TO RECONSIDER ORDER OF THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE ON MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF NEW COUNSEL

SAYLOR, District Judge.

These two matters are prosecutions for drug trafficking. Defendant Efrain Matías has been represented by a total of five consecutive attorneys over the course of two separate cases. Matías himself retained the first two attorneys, but, after the second of those withdrew, each of the subsequent three have been appointed by the Court at public expense. Matías has *460had acrimonious relationships his lawyers, resulting in the repeated need for the court to…

2Cases cited15 opinions

Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
Willie James Brown v. Louie L. Wainwright, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
United States v. Ronald J. GoldbergCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1995

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