Wong
(HC) (DP) Berryman v. Wong
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
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4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10
11 RODNEY BERRYMAN, Case No. 1:95-cv-05309-AWI
12 Petitioner, DEATH PENALTY CASE
13 v. ORDER ON EX PARTE MOTION TO
SUBSTITUTE COUNSEL
14 CHANCE ANDES, Acting Warden of San Quentin Rehabilitation Center, (Doc. 502) 15 Respondent.1 16 17 18
19 20 Before the Court is a motion filed jointly by Petitioner’s current Criminal Justice Act2 21 counsel Saor Stetler and Tim Brosnan, and Petitioner’s proposed counsel the Office of the 22 Federal Defender for the Eastern District of California, to substitute counsel for Petitioner in 23 this closed 28 U.S.C. § 2254 proceeding. 24 The Court, having reviewed the ex parte motion, the record, and the applicable law 25 finds the matter amenable to decision without a hearing. (E.D. Cal. Local Rule 230(g).)
26 1 Chance Andes, Acting Warden of San Quentin Rehabilitation Center, is substituted as Respondent in place of his predecessor wardens. Fed. R. Civ. P. 25(d). 27 2 Criminal Justice Act of 1964, as amended, 18 U.S.C. § 3006A. 1 …