No. 21-5209

Cynthia E. Collie v. South Carolina Commission on Lawyer Conduct

Lower Court: South Carolina
Docketed: 2021-07-26
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process eighth-amendment fifth-amendment first-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-procedure standing
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess Securities
Latest Conference: 2021-09-27
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether this Court should grant writ of certiorari to address the state court of last resort's unsupported, arbitrary, and/or capricious order

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether this Court should grant writ of certiorari where no other review is available with stay pending review to address the state court of last resort’s unsupported, arbitrary, and/or capricious March 29, 2021, order, which grants punitive relief that was not requested without notice and without just cause while denying without comment | counsel’s timely reasonable request for opportunity to be heard, all at the behest of Disciplinary Counsel (DC) John Nichols who discussed the matter in the context of his ; prospective representation of the petitioner in this matter prior to his employment as head of the office of DC. 2. Whether the revised South Carolina Frivolous Proceedings Act (SCFPA), S.C. Code § 15-36-10, is unconstitutional on its face or as applied in violation of the First, Fifth, Eighth, and/or Fourteenth Amendments.

Docket Entries

2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-09-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-04-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 25, 2021)

Attorneys

Cynthia E. Collie
C. Collie — Petitioner
C. Collie — Petitioner