No. 19-8844

Louis A. Piccone v. United States Patent and Trademark Office

Lower Court: Federal Circuit
Docketed: 2020-06-26
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: bar-disciplinary-proceedings brady-v-maryland delegated-authority due-process federal-regulations government-investigation material-exculpatory-information patent patent-and-trademark-office professional-conduct
Key Terms:
ERISA SocialSecurity DueProcess Patent Trademark
Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Are attorneys entitled to material exculpatory information in bar disciplinary proceedings?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED : I. Are Attorneys undergoing bar disciplinary : proceedings before the U.S. Patent and Trademark : Office to determine whether they may continue to practice their chosen profession, entitled to material . exculpatory information obtained by government investigative attorneys in view of this Court’s decision ; in Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963), federal ; regulations such as 37 C.F.R. 11.801, and Rule 3.8(d) of the Virginia Rules of Professional Conduct? II.. When delegated authority, including delegated ‘ authority to execute official government documents, . : violates federal regulation, including specific federal regulations as to whom may sign documents such as 37 C.F.R. § 11.34(a)(5), and is contrary to the Congressional intent expressed in 35 U.S.C. § 26 ; statute, is the presumption that said delegation was authorized as held in U.S. Telecom Ass’n v. FCC, 359 . F.3d 554, (D.C. Cir. 2004) overcome? 2

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-07-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-07-09
Waiver of right of respondent Patent and Trademark Office to respond filed.
2020-06-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 27, 2020)

Attorneys

Louis A. Piccone
Louis A. Piccone — Petitioner
Louis A. Piccone — Petitioner
Patent and Trademark Office
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent