Whether a United States District Court can automatically suspend an attorney's membership to practice law based on a State Bar suspension, and whether such local rules violate the Rules Enabling Act

QUESTIONS PRESENTED Whether a United States District Court can automatically suspend an attorney’s membership to practice law in that District Court based upon a State Bar suspension by Local Rule, contrary to this Court’s holding in Theard v. United States 354 U.S. 278 (1957); if not, whether those Local Rules are unconstitutional in violation of the Rules Enabling Act. Whether incorporating state statutes into a federal court’s local rules violates the Rules Enabling Act. Whether federal employees are immune in licensure cases or can be sued for damages under Bivens. ii OPINIONS BELOW AND