Legal Opinion
In Re Petition for Mandamus by Everett Mechem
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 25, 1989No. 88-6355PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOYCE F. MARTIN, Jr., Circuit Judge.
John Doe, 1 the petitioner in this ease, seeks a writ of mandamus directing the district court to vacate its order of October 3, 1988, disqualifying Everett Mechem, his trial counsel in the civil rights action pending below. The district court responded in opposition. For the reasons stated below, the petition is denied.
On September 6, 1986, petitioner was arrested and charged with burglary. Doe broke into a store where he stole several comic books, pens and a calculator. He was arrested when he returned to the store less than an hour after the break-in.…
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