Legal Opinion
United States v. Moreno
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided February 26, 2015No. Criminal No. 12-413 (FAB)Published
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
BESOSA, District Judge.
Before the Court is the United States’ motion to disqualify defendant Angel Torres Moreno’s attorney because of an alleged conflict of interest. (Docket No. 1744.) The government’s motion includes a request for a hearing on the conflict-of-interest issue. Id. at ¶ 7. For the reasons that follow, the government’s motion and its accompanying hearing request are both DENIED.
BACKGROUND
Defendant Angel Torres Moreno (“Torres”) is one of twenty-two individuals charged in an alleged conspiracy to distribute cocaine out of the San Juan Luis Mu-ñoz Marin…
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