DAUKSCH, Judge.
Petitioner was represented at trial by a public defender of the Ninth Judicial Circuit and now seeks a writ of mandamus to compel the public defender to provide free copies of documents in the public defender's file. The contents of an attorney's file relating to professional services performed for a client are the personal property of the attorney, not the client. See Dowda and Fields, P.A. v. Cobb,
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