FILED
Feb 11 2008
United States District Court
Northern District of Ohio
General Order
GENERAL ORDER NO. 2008-09
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO
)
APPOINTING THE OFFICE OF THE )
FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER FOR )
THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO )
TO POTENTIALLY ELIGIBLE )
INMATES WITH THE FUTURE ) ORDER NO. 2008-09
POSSIBILITY OF HAVING PRIVATE )
OR CJA COUNSEL REPRESENT )
THESE INMATES AS THE CLIENT, )
LAWYER, OR COURT MAY LATER )
DECIDE )
)
The Court hereby appoints the Office of the Federal Public Defender for the
Northern District of Ohio to represent those inmates who have been identified as being
potentially eligible for sentence reductions pursuant to the decision of the United States
Sentencing Commission on December 11, 2007 to give retroactive applicability to crack
cocaine sentencing guideline amendments that became prospectively effective on
November 1, 2007. In the event private counsel or previously appointed CJA counsel
wish to enter an appearance on behalf of a particular inmate, or the Court deems it
more appropriate for prior counsel to represent the inmate, the attorney will file a notice
of appearance on behalf of the inmate, and the Federal Public Defender will then seek
to withdraw from the representation.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
FOR THE COURT
James G. Carr
Chief Judge
United States District Court
