Judge won't let lawyer quit Stanford case

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Houston Chronicle: "A federal judge Tuesday refused to allow a lawyer fired by jailed businessman R. Allen Stanford to withdraw from the criminal case.
U.S. District Judge David Hittner denied Mike Essmyer's request to be removed as a lawyer for Stanford, who has denied he is guilty of any of 21 federal criminal charges filed against him."

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