Ghee v. Artuz

MEMORANDUM & ORDER

BLOCK, District Judge.

Respondent Christopher Artuz (“Artuz”) has moved to disqualify petitioner Dennis Ghee’s (“Ghee”) Court-appointed counsel, Helene Landau, Esq. (“Landau”) based on her having recently served as the Court’s law clerk. The motion is denied; however, the Court adopts a prospective rule that it will disqualify former law clerks from appearing before it for one year after they have completed their clerkship.

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The procedural and factual posture of the underlying litigation is largely irrelevant to the resolution of the motion. In short, Ghee is seeking a writ of…