Box

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CHRISTOPHER BOX, Case No.: 04cv0619- AJB (RBB)

Petitioner,

ORDER DENYING WITHOUT

v. PREJUDICE PETITIONER’S

MOTION OF KNUT S. JOHNSON

RON DAVIS, Warden of San Quentin

TO WITHDRAW AND FOR

State Prison, APPOINTMENT OF ELLIS M. Respondent. JOHNSTON, III AS CO-COUNSEL 16 [ECF No. 254] 17 On December 10, 2019, Petitioner filed a Motion of Knut S. Johnson to Withdraw as Counsel and Motion to Appoint Ellis M. Johnston, III in Place of Knut S. Johnson. (ECF No. 254.) Petitioner notes that “[o]n November 21, 2019, the President formally nominated Knut Johnson to be a U.S. District Court judge and sent that nomination to the Senate” and that “[a]lthough a mere nomination does not mean that the nominee will be confirmed, there is now a likelihood Mr. Box will lose one of his attorneys soon.” (Id. at 1.) Petitioner states that “Mr. Box is entitled to two qualified attorneys for this capital habeas…