No. 23-855

Richard Abbott v. Supreme Court of Delaware, et al.

Lower Court: Delaware
Docketed: 2024-02-08
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)
Tags: 6th-amendment civil-rights confrontation-clause disbarment due-process equal-protection first-amendment free-speech pro-se professional-licensure
Key Terms:
ERISA DueProcess FirstAmendment FourthAmendment Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2024-05-30 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a pro se defendant in a confidential professional licensure disbarment proceeding has full 1st Amendment rights

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED L Whether a person proceeding Pro Se in defending a confidential professional licensure disbarment proceeding is vested with full 1st Amendment Rights to Freedom of Speech, including the Actual Malice standard? I. Whether the 14th Amendment Due Process Clause or the 6» Amendment right to be informed of accusations prohibit a State Supreme Court from disbarring an attorney based on a new charge and a new and unforeseeable rule interpretation raised after trial and at the end of the disbarment process? III. Whether the denial of all relevant Discovery and Trial Witnesses in a State professional licensure disbarment proceeding, which are guaranteed by applicable Rules, violates the 14th Amendment Right to Due Process of Law or the 6 Amendment Right to Confront one’s accuser and have compulsory process for favorable witnesses? IV. Whether a retaliatory and discriminatory lawyer disbarment, based on an 8+ year vigorous defense and policies and practices which base prosecution decisions on lawyer associational status, violates the 1+ Amendment rights to Freedom of Association and to Petition for Redress of Grievances and the 14th Amendment right to Equal Protection of the Laws? i

Docket Entries

2024-06-03
Petition DENIED.
2024-05-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/30/2024.
2024-05-09
2024-05-01
2024-03-29
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 1, 2024.
2024-03-28
Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 17, 2024 to May 1, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
2024-03-18
Response Requested. (Due April 17, 2024)
2024-03-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/28/2024.
2024-03-06
Waiver of right of respondent Delaware Supreme Court, et al. to respond filed.
2024-01-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 11, 2024)

Attorneys

Delaware Supreme Court, et al.
David A. WhiteOffice of Disciplinary Counsel, Respondent
David A. WhiteOffice of Disciplinary Counsel, Respondent
Richard Abbott
Richard L. AbbottAbbott Law Firm, Petitioner
Richard L. AbbottAbbott Law Firm, Petitioner