Self-Proclaimed Facebook Co-Owner Paul Ceglia Fights To Retain Lawyer Dean Boland

Self-proclaimed Facebook co-owner Paul Ceglia fought to keep Dean Boland (pictured) as his lawyer at a hearing in Buffalo, N.Y., Tuesday before U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York Judge Leslie Foschio, while Facebook attorney Orin Snyderasked that Boland’s reasons for wanting to withdraw from the case be made public.

Self-proclaimed Facebook co-owner Paul Ceglia fought to keep Dean Boland (pictured) as his lawyer at a hearing in Buffalo, N.Y., Tuesday before U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York Judge Leslie Foschio, while Facebook attorney Orin Snyder asked that Boland’s reasons for wanting to withdraw from the case be made public.

AP reported that Ceglia said during a telephone conference that it would be difficult to find another attorney at this point of his lawsuit, which has been going on for more than two years, adding:

I appreciate the fear for his own safety that he has and the threats that have been made against him.

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