In Re Otuonye

Phipps, Judge.

Vincent Otuonye appeals a state court order removing him as appointed legal counsel for two indigent criminal defendants and further denying his request to bill the county for any services provided to the defendants. Because Otuonye has failed to demonstrate any reversible error, we affirm.

On November 30, 2004, Otuonye failed to appear at a 9:00 a.m. call of the jury pre-trial calendar for the two clients. The court asked the clients about Otuonye’s whereabouts and whether they had any contact with him. The defendants reported that they did not know of Otuonye’s whereabouts and…