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Parties Involved:
Joseph Terrell Johnson
Petitioner
Soto
Respondent

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JOSEPH SCHLESINGER, Cal. Bar # 87692

Acting Federal Defender

DAVID M. PORTER, Bar #127024

Assistant Federal Defender

801 "I" Street, 3rd Floor

Sacramento, California 95814

Telephone: (916) 498-5700

Attorneys for Respondent

JOSEPH TERRELL JOHNSON

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOSEPH TERRELL JOHNSON, )

) No. 2:12-cv-2887 MCE DAD

Petitioner, )

) REQUEST FOR SUBSTITUTION OF COUNSEL;

v. ) ORDER

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SOTO, Warden, )

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Respondent. )

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Petitioner, JOSEPH TERRELL JOHNSON, hereby moves this Court for an

order substituting Dennis Cusick, Attorney at Law, 3053 Freeport Blvd.,

Suite 124, Sacramento, CA, 95818, telephone (916) 743-7358; as counsel for

the Petitioner in the above-entitled case. The Federal Defender’s Office has

determined that it is currently unable to continue its representation of

Petitioner. Mr. Cusick has agreed to represent the Petitioner. 

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Mr. Cusick is aware of any deadlines in this case. The undersigned is

authorized to sign this substitution motion on his behalf.

Dated: January 24, 2013

Respectfully submitted,

JOSEPH SCHLESINGER

Acting Federal Defender

 /s/ David M. Porter 

DAVID M. PORTER

Assistant Federal Defender

Attorneys for Petitioner

JOSEPH TERRELL JOHNSON

Dated: January 24, 2013 /s/ Dennis Cusick 

DENNIS CUSICK

O R D E R

Pursuant to this Motion for Substitution of Counsel and for the reasons

stated therein, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Dennis Cusick, Attorney at Law,

shall be substituted in as appointed counsel for Petitioner in place of the

Office of the Federal Defender for the Eastern District of California. 

DATED: January 29, 2013.

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