No. 19-8894

Michael Halliburton v. Board of Professional Responsibility

Lower Court: Tennessee
Docketed: 2020-07-02
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-rights due-process judicial-conduct judicial-integrity judicial-misconduct legal-ethics party-standing procedural-rights procedural-rules professional-responsibility substantive-rights
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Should the determinations of the Board of Judicial Conduct - responsible by statute and by the Tennessee Supreme Court Rules for maintaining the integrity and impartiality of the judiciary - rest upon robust procedural and substantive due process rights to a party who complains of a judge's violations of those rules?

Question Presented (from Petition)

No question identified. : QUESTIONS A, Should the determinations of the Beard of Dodieves| Conduct — cesponsible by Statute and by the “Tennessee Supreme Couct Reales for pmairtiiming the integrrty and im partial ety of the judiccar — rest upon robust pro ceducal and substarctive i. Process rits Lo, a party who complains ot G jue es vialections ot Hose rele “to the Board of Twdeta Conduct? 2. Te the Board of Dudieral Conduct relases to Lollow tts mandate ond invect: gate claims of judicral Misconduck ) has the Comp lana, as a party to an acton, dvil or criminal, in which te Come Laned ot Svdge presides , \peen denved hic or her cost fatima an i iw acta | Sudae b bein Oenre a& nébvin K Dems 2 7. by Saal Conduct procedura| rules, het 1S ) hes the comp lanung pats heen denied . Owe process Under hee XW Amendment ¢ » 3. Ave the procedures of the Koad of Sudicta\ Conduct go delicien’ as to cender rt incompetewk +ty aguorcate alleagtians of violations by Hs cuin members ot Lhe stotitory and constitictional c\ alts of , Complaintns parties 7 — CU. 4 Does the refusal ot the Beard of Proless ‘ona Responsibilety to Lollow its mandate +o maintain the standards of the legal profession constitute a vidlection | of complainants VW Arend ment eight to ellective representation in commel (+, agtion . 5S, Does the statutory mandate of the Board of Po Lessiona| Responsi bility to discipline attorney misconduct, thal is ; Compe| attorneys to coxorm to profesriona( norms — Strickland in practice — and assist the public , thet i¢ ) aiy user of leaal Services in the state ceaardless of residehey Cespecialls in te case x criminal lH gctio ) | creete & Substantive Cue process right Lor complainants Lpon ubich robust precedural due. Process rights rest 2 G. Does the cucrent structure of the Board of . Respons:b: [ety render it incapable of fulFilhing tts mandate 2 PARTIES Fetitioner, pro Se, Mchse\ Hall\\ burton SS214\ TrousduleTurner Correctional Center I4o Macon Way ; Hartsville, TN B40} Respondents Board of Professional Respons! hilt, of the | Supreme Court of Tennessee lo Cadillac Deive, Surte 220 Brentusood F TN S3t02FT Tennessee Board of DTudicial Conduct Nashville, TN 37215 ct,

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-07-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-07-23
Waiver of right of respondent Board of Professional Responsibility to respond filed.
2020-06-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 3, 2020)

Attorneys

Board of Professional Responsibility
Charles Larry LewisTennessee Attorney General's Office, Respondent
Charles Larry LewisTennessee Attorney General's Office, Respondent
Michael Halliburton
Michael Halliburton — Petitioner
Michael Halliburton — Petitioner