Bonin

ORDER

In these consolidated cases, Bonin, a California state prisoner facing a sentence of death, appeals from the district court’s denial of his two petitions for habeas corpus relief pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 2254 . During the pendency of these appeals Bonin’s appointed counsel, the California State Public Defender (Public Defender), filed a request to withdraw as attorney of record which we denied in an unpublished order. The Public Defender subsequently filed a motion for reconsideration, arguing that, because its own ineffectiveness may constitute grounds for relief, conflict of interest concerns mandate the appointment of new counsel. After additional briefing and further review, we adhere to our original denial of the Public. Defender’s request to withdraw, and we deny the motion for reconsideration.

I

After a jury trial in Los Angeles, Bonin was sentenced on January 20, 1982, to death for the first degree murders of ten victims. On August 22, 1983, he was sentenced to death in Orange County for the first degree murders of four victims. On July 12, 1990, after his direct appeals failed and his requests for state habeas corpus relief were denied, Bonin filed a petition for…