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3552034.1 

JOHN BRUNST’S NOTICE OF JOINDER 

Gary S. Lincenberg (admitted pro hac vice) glincenberg@birdmarella.com 

Ariel A. Neuman (admitted pro hac vice) aneuman@birdmarella.com 

Gopi K. Panchapakesan (admitted pro hac vice) gpanchapakesan@birdmarella.com 

BIRD, MARELLA, BOXER, WOLPERT, NESSIM, 

DROOKS, LINCENBERG & RHOW, P.C. 

1875 Century Park East, 23rd Floor 

Los Angeles, California 90067-2561 

Telephone: (310) 201-2100 

Facsimile: (310) 201-2110 

Attorneys for Defendant John Brunst 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 

United States of America, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

Michael Lacey, et al., 

Defendants. 

 CASE NO. 2:18-cr-00422-SPL 

JOHN BRUNST’S NOTICE OF 

JOINDER IN PADILLA AND 

VAUGHT’S MOTION TO DISMISS 

DUE TO GOVERNMENT 

INTERFERENCE WITH RIGHT 

TO COUNSEL

Assigned to Hon. Steven P. Logan 

 

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3552034.1 2 

JOHN BRUNST’S NOTICE OF JOINDER 

Defendant John Brunst, by and through undersigned counsel, hereby joins in 

Defendants Padilla and Vaught’s Motion to Dismiss Due to Government 

Interference with Right to Counsel (Dkt. No. 456) (the “Motion”) as to their request 

to dismiss the case. Mr. Brunst objects to the Government’s improper attempts to 

undermine the ability of co-defendants to receive effective assistance of counsel. 

DATED: February 20, 2019 Gary S. Lincenberg 

Ariel A. Neuman 

Gopi K. Panchapakesan 

Bird, Marella, Boxer, Wolpert, Nessim, 

Drooks, Lincenberg & Rhow, P.C. 

By: /s/ Ariel A. Neuman 

 Ariel A. Neuman 

Attorneys for Defendant John Brunst

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I hereby certify that on this 20th day of February 2019, I electronically transmitted the foregoing John Brunst’s Notice of Joinder in Padilla and Vaught’s Motion to Dismiss Due to Government Interference with Right to Counsel to the 

Clerk of the Court by filing with the CM/ECF system and understand a copy of the filing will be emailed to all registered CM/ECF registrants listed below. 

/s/ Karen Minutelli 

 Karen Minutelli 

John J. Kucera: John.Kucera@usdoj.gov 

Kevin M. Rapp: Kevin.Rapp@usdoj.gov 

Margaret Perlmeter: Margaret.Perlmeter@usdoj.gov 

Reginald E. Jones: Reginald.Jones4@usdoj.gov 

Andrew C. Stone: Andrew.Stone@usdoj.gov 

Peter S. Kozinets: Peter.Kozinets@usdoj.gov 

Anne M. Chapman: anne@mscclaw.com 

Lee D. Stein: lee@mscclaw.com 

Paul John Cambria, Jr.: pcambria@lglaw.com 

Erin E. McCampbell: emccampbell@lglaw.com 

James C. Grant: jimgrant@dwt.com 

Robert Corn-Revere: bobcornrevere@dwt.com 

Ronald Gary London: ronnielondon@dwt.com 

Janey Henze Cook: janey@henzecookmurphy.com 

John Lewis Littrell: jlittrell@bmkattorneys.com 

Kenneth M. Miller: kmiller@bmkattorneys.com 

Thomas H. Bienert, Jr.: tbienert@bmkattorneys.com 

Bruce S. Feder: bf@federlawpa.com 

K C Maxwell: kmaxwell@bgrfirm.com 

Michael L. Piccarreta: mlp@pd-law.com 

Stephen M. Weiss: sweiss@karpweiss.com 

Michael D Kimerer: MDK@kimerer.com

Rhonda Elaine Neff: rneff@kimerer.com

Gregory Michael Zamora: gmz@dkwlawyers.com

Anthony Ray Bisconti: tbisconti@bmkattorneys.com

Whitney Z Bernstein: wbernstein@bmkattorneys.com

Seetha Ramachandran: Seetha.Ramachandran@srz.com

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