United States Second Circuit

Denial of defendant's motion for appointment of counsel under the Criminal Justice Act is upheld despite defendant's assertions that his initial mid-case request for publicly funded counsel was improperly denied and that the Western District's "fully retained" practice violates his statutory and constitutional rights to appointed counsel.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/22/2006
• Published 02/22/2006

Judges

• WESLEY, Circuit Judge., Before:  WALKER, Chief Judge, WESLEY and HALL, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Mark J. Mahoney, Harrington & Mahoney, Buffalo, New York, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Carol E. Heckman (Amy L. Hemenway, on the brief), Harter Secrest & Emery LLP, Buffalo, New York, for Appellee.