The following excerpt is from United States v. Brown, 785 F.3d 1337 (9th Cir. 2015):
As RiveraCorona explained, The Sixth Amendment's right to counsel encompasses two distinct rights: a right to adequate representation and a right to choose one's own counsel. 618 F.3d at 979 (quoting Daniels v. Lafler, 501 F.3d 735, 738 (6th Cir.2007) ) (internal quotation marks omitted). At the outset, this case, like RiveraCorona, involves the latter right.
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