The following excerpt is from Rakin v. Martel, No. 2:10-cv-0715 LKK AC P (E.D. Cal. 2013):
2. Even the right to choice of counsel is limited to those defendants who can retain counsel. Shell v. Witek, 218 F.3d 1017, 1025-26 (9th Cir. 2000) (en banc).
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