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Motion to Withdraw as Counsel and Motion for Appointment of Counsel on Appeal, Document 232, filed September 16, 2021 in United States of America v. Maurice Fayne, Case No. 1:20-CR-228-MHC-JKL, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division. Saraliene Durrett moves to withdraw as counsel of record and asks the Court to appoint new counsel for Maurice Fayne to file any notice of appeal and to handle any subsequent appeal. The motion states that Maurice Fayne was sentenced on September 14, 2021 and has asked counsel to file an appeal, and that it is possible that Maurice Fayne may assert ineffective assistance of counsel claims on appeal. The motion is signed s/Saraliene S. Durrett on September 16, 2021 and is followed by a certificate of service.

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“Motion To Withdraw As Counsel And Motion For.” Original at ecf.gand.uscourts.gov. Archived at Pandemic Darlings, https://pandemicdarlings.com/source-documents/2021-09-16-article-lender-help-full-dockets-ce043c4e-1/, SHA-256 ce043c4e29e1adbf87518501a16141028e0bdf004d1491d8cbf3ff5c866a2fca.

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     Case 1:20-cr-00228-MHC-JKL     Document 232     Filed 09/16/21   Page 1 of 2




                 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
                          ATLANTA DIVISION

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA                      )
                                              )
                                              )
v.                                            )     CASE No.
                                              )     1:20-CR-228-MHC-JKL
                                              )
MAURICE FAYNE,                                )
         Defendant.                           )

       MOTION TO WITHDRAW AS COUNSEL AND MOTION FOR
             APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL ON APPEAL

       Comes now Saraliene Durrett and hereby moves to withdraw as counsel of

record in this case. Counsel also requests that this Court appoint new counsel for

Mr. Fayne to file any notice of appeal and to handle any subsequent appeal.

       Mr. Fayne was sentenced on September 14, 2021. Mr. Fayne has asked

counsel to file an appeal. Doc. 231. It is possible that Mr. Fayne may assert

ineffective assistance of counsel claims on appeal; therefore, counsel is moving to

withdraw at this time. For all of these reasons, counsel asks that she be permitted to

withdraw at this time and that new counsel be appointed for the purposes of filing

an appeal for Mr. Fayne.

       Respectfully submitted this 16th day of September 2021.

                                 s/Saraliene S. Durrett
                                 SARALIENE S. DURRETT
                                 1800 Peachtree Street, Suite 300
                                 Atlanta, GA 30309
                                 (404) 433-0855
   Case 1:20-cr-00228-MHC-JKL          Document 232   Filed 09/16/21   Page 2 of 2




                          CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
      This is to certify that the undersigned has this date electronically filed the

foregoing motion to withdraw as counsel with the Clerk of the Court using the

CM/ECF system which will automatically send email notification of such filing to

the following attorney(s) of record:

All Defense Counsel

All AUSAs of record

      Respectfully submitted this 16th day of September 2021.
                                Respectfully submitted,
                                s/Saraliene S. Durrett
                                SARALIENE S. DURRETT
                                1800 Peachtree Street
                                Suite 300
                                Atlanta, GA 30309
                                (404) 433-0855
                                ssd@defendingatl.com




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