Eastern District of Virginia Adjournment & Extension Requirements

Defense counsel must respond within 14 days to reappointment or decline; if no response, Federal Public Defender will be appointed.

Source text: Each worksheet should include the guidelines used when the defendant was originally sentenced; any reductions to that sentence due to Fed. R. Crim. P. 35(b) motions, the First Step Act, or other adjustments; a summary ofthe defendant's conduct while incarcerated; and the new guideline range resulting from application of Amendment 821; and it is further ORDERED that within 14 days ofthe worksheet being filed, defense counsel of record should move to be re-appointed or decline re-appointment. Ifthere is no response from defense counsel of record or if counsel declines reappointment, the Office ofthe Federal Public Defender will be appointed to represent the defendant, unless it notifies the Court ofa conflict; and it is further