Professor Bruce Green provided context to Bloomberg Law on the ruling by the judge presiding over the 2020 Census case denying the Justice Department’s request to change counsel.
In denying the government’s request, Furman said the motion was “patently deficient.” The motion provides “no reasons, let alone ‘satisfactory reasons,’ for the substitution of counsel,” he said.
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And while not a first, as the president insinuated, the move was extraordinary, according to Fordham ethics professor Bruce Green.In virtually all of the cases in which the federal government asks to substitute counsel, the judge will treat it as a pro forma matter, allowing the Justice Department to move forward with its preferred lawyers, Green said.