One of two defendants with ties to the Zizian cult appeared before a Solano County Superior Court judge on Thursday and requested to fire her defense attorney. The request comes five weeks before the start of a jury trial for Alexander Jeffrey Leatham, 30, and co-defendant Suri Dao, 24, who are charged in connection with the 2022 attempted murder of a Vallejo landlord and face felony murder charges because one of their alleged accomplices died during the attack.