UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTFOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *United States of America***v.*Case No. 1:07-cr-189-01-GZS*Daniel Riley** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

ASSENTED-TO REQUEST FOR RULING ONMOTION TO WITHDRAW AS COUNSEL___________________________________________________________________________

NOW COMES undersigned appointed counsel, Attorney Mark E. Howard, andrespectfully requests that this Court issue a ruling on his assented-to motion to withdraw fromrepresentation of the defendant Daniel Riley in the above matter. Counsel says further:1.The defendant was arrested in Albany, New York, on September 12, 2007, andremoved to this Court, where he appeared for arraignment on September 13, 2007.Undersigned counsel was appointed by the Magistrate Judge to represent the defendant.2.Undersigned counsel filed an Assented-to Motion to Withdraw as Counsel onOctober 2, 2007, at the request and insistence of the defendant. In addition to the groundscited in the motion, the defendant has repeated his demand that the undersigned not serve as hiscounsel in this matter.3.The Court has scheduled a status conference in this case for October 25, 2007,in Portland, Maine. It would likely be a waste of valuable CJA resources to require undersignedcounsel to attend under the circumstances.4.AUSA Bob Kinsella assents to the relief sought in this motion.