Davis

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JORGE CONTRERAS, Case No. 1:19-cv-01523-JLT

Petitioner, DEATH PENALTY CASE

v. ORDER: (1) GRANTING MOTION TO

WITHDRAW BY CO-COUNSEL CRAIG

RAUL MORALES, Acting Warden of the M. COOLEY, and (2) REFERRING CASE California Substance Abuse Treatment TO THE SELECTION BOARD FOR Facility, RECOMMENDATION OF

REPLACEMENT COUNSEL

Respondent.

17 On April 1, 2025, appointed Criminal Justice Act co-counsel Craig M. Cooley, admitted to appear pro hac vice, moved to withdraw from representation of Petitioner in this 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas corpus proceeding.1 (Doc. 140.) The Court, having reviewed the motion, the record, and the applicable law finds the matter amenable to decision without a hearing. E.D. Cal. L.R. 230(g). BACKGROUND The facts of this case, reflected in the Court’s docket, are summarized below: • On December 11, 1996, Petitioner was convicted of first degree felony…