United States Second Circuit

Dismissal of original counsel as defendant's appointed attorney is affirmed as the district court did not abuse its discretion in dismissing counsel, and motion to reinstate counsel to appeal the district court's denial of a motion to resentence defendant is denied as counsel is not a member of the Second Circuit CJA panel.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/14/2006
• Published 11/14/2006

Judges

• SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judge:, Before: CABRANES, SOTOMAYOR and RAGGI, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Ira M. Feinberg, Hogan & Hartson L.L.P., New York, NY, Amicus Counsel appointed by the Court.


• For Appellees:
  
• Mark J. Mahoney, Harrington & Mahoney, Buffalo, NY, for Defendant-Appellant., Stephan J. Baczynski, Assistant United States Attorney, Western District of New York, for Appellee.