dalton’s public defender dropped him due to his GiveSendGo. dalton made a post to his X account with photos attached of a court doc stating a motion to withdraw. the letter goes as such… “COMES NOW counsel herein and moves the Court pursuant to Tenn. R. Sup. Ct. 8 RPC :.16(b) and Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 8-14-101 et seq. & 40-14-201 et seq. to permit counsel to withdraw from representing defendant herein, stating: Defendant is not indigent. Defendant has solicited and received over $40,000 in funds on GiveSendGo. A stated purpose of soliciting said funds is to pursue legal representation. Regardless of the stated purpose, however, defendant is not indigent. Defendant failed to disclose said funds to the court on his affidavit of indigency. That some members of the private bar, unlike the attorneys in the Office of the Distrist Public Defender, lack the fortitude of Atticus Finch to take up the defense of an unpopular person does not make the defendant indigent. It just means he must cast his net further to secure counsel. Moreover, after his appearance on March 5, 2026, it is reported that defendant postec on social media that our office failed to appear on his behalf at that court date. That information is patently false as Ms. Stamey appeared for undersigned counsel explaining to defendant that counsel's out of State family member was ill and, indeed, had passed away. Ccunsel is not, however, seeking to withdraw from further representation of defendant because of his social media posts and personal beliefs. As the Court is well aware, this office and undersigned counsel in particular has represented, is representing, and will represent characters far more unsavory than this particular defendant. I couldn't care less how repugnant the defendant is. Counsel is seeking to withdraw from this case because defendant is not indigent and because counsel will not tolerate defendant's false statements about his office. WHEREFORE counsel seeks to withdraw from further representation of defendant. Respectfully requested, DISTRICT PUBLIC DEFENDER 19TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT BY: Roger E. Nell District Public Defender” a step in the right direction thank you