Hearing Tuesday On Withdrawal Request By Lawyer For Self-Proclaimed Facebook Co-Owner Paul Ceglia

U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York Judge Leslie Foschio will hold a hearing Tuesday in Buffalo, N.Y., to consider the request by Ohio-based attorney Dean Boland (pictured) to withdraw from the rapidly sinking case of Paul Ceglia, the man who sued Facebook and Co-Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, claiming that a 2003 contract with Zuckerberg entitled him to one-half of the social network.

U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York Judge Leslie Foschio will hold a hearing Tuesday in Buffalo, N.Y., to consider the request by Ohio-based attorney Dean Boland (pictured) to withdraw from the rapidly sinking case of Paul Ceglia, the man who sued Facebook and Co-Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, claiming that a 2003 contract with Zuckerberg entitled him to one-half of the social network.

AP reported that Boland has not made a public statement on why he wants to withdraw from the case, but he did say in a court filing in late October:

As this court knows, this case and its pleadings are widely followed in the media.

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