Amended Motion to Withdraw as Attorney — Charles Taylor — United States v. Bowens (M.D. Fla.)

Record facts

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida · No. 6:21-cr-00141-RBD-NWH · Doc. 123 · 2025-03-15 · Docket on CourtListener

Full text

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
ORLANDO DIVISION
Case No.: 6:21-cr-141-Orl-RBD-UAM
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
v.
EMMET BOWENS
                                                                         /
AMENDED MOTION TO WITHDRAW
Counsel for Defendant Emmet Bowens hereby requests to withdraw from
representing Bowens, and as support states as follows:
1.
Counsel was appointed to represent Bowens on  December 26, 2024.
2.
On February 28, 2025, attorney Brian L. Shrader filed a Notice of
Appearance (Doc. 119) on behalf of Bowens.
3.
On March 13, 2025, counsel filed a motion to withdraw based on the
filing of the notice by attorney Shrader.
4.
Once attorney Shrader received the CMECF regarding the motion to
withdraw, he contacted the undersigned indicating he was just fired and
was filing a motion to withdraw himself, which he did on March 13,
2025.
5.
On March 15, 2025, counsel visited Bowens at the Seminole County
Case 6:21-cr-00141-RBD-NWH     Document 123     Filed 03/15/25     Page 1 of 2 PageID 334

Jail.  Bowens was very hostile towards counsel while using profane
language.  Bowens also threatened to report counsel to the Florida Bar
for fraud.  
6.
The attorney client relationship and communication has completely
broken down.
WHEREFORE, Counsel requests this Honorable Court grant the above
captioned motion, and relieve counsel of his obligation in this matter, and any other
relief the Court deems necessary and proper.
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing motion was
electronically filed with CMECF on this 15th day of March 2025 which will forward
a copy to the United States Attorney’s Office.  
/s/ Charles E. Taylor Jr.,                    
Charles E. Taylor, Jr., Esq.
Florida Bar Number 0529321
37 North Orange Avenue, Suite 500
Orlando, Florida  32801
Telephone: 407-244-5997
Facsimile: 407-614-1600
E-Mail: Charles@attorneytaylor.com
Case 6:21-cr-00141-RBD-NWH     Document 123     Filed 03/15/25     Page 2 of 2 PageID 335

File and source

File

gov.uscourts.flmd.396523.123.0.pdf

Size

59,397 bytes

SHA-256

5cd377492e87aa4bf41e6cae55e6c55b948ffbf7366fdb816f6b532a1bd9d2b7

Our copy

gov.uscourts.flmd.396523.123.0.pdf

Original

PACER (login required)