Legal Opinion
United States v. DeCay
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided November 8, 2005No. CRIM.A. 05-186PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER AND REASONS
BARBIER, District Judge.
Before the Court is the Government’s Motion to Disqualify Counsel. Rec. Doc. 33. The Government seeks to disqualify Arthur Lemann, III and Michael Ellis as counsel for Kerry DeCay and Reginald Walker, respectively, arguing that these attorneys’ former representation of two Government witnesses — Howard Moses in the case of Lemann and William Pappas in the case of Ellis — has created an actual conflict of interest which the prior clients have not waived. The Government supplemented the motion alleging an additional conflict due to the fact that Michael…
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