Miller v. Blacketter

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• noting that 2 the defendant had “ample opportunity to arrange for an alternative to court- appointed counsel”
• concluding denial of [Miller]’s motion to substitute counsel was not “the type of unreasoning and arbitrary insistence on expeditiousness that ... federal law prohibits”
• concluding denial of Hamilton’s motion to substitute counsel was not “the type of unreasoning and arbitrary insistence on expeditiousness that .. . federal law prohibits”
• denying habeas claim for deprivation of a petitioner’s right to choose his own counsel where the petitioner waited until the eve of trial to express dissatisfaction with his attorney
• denying habeas claim for deprivation of a petitioner’s right to choose his own counsel where the petitioner waited until the eve of trial to express dissatisfaction with his attorney
• reviewing district court's decision on merits when district court \expressly stated it would treat the claim as preserved and proceeded to assess the merits\ despite observing defendant \may have waived\ his right to counsel of choice

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