No. 25-915

Robert J. Murphy v. Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, et al.

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2026-02-04
Status: Pending
Type: Paid
Tags: attorney-suspension constitutional-rights court-jurisdiction due-process legal-ethics reciprocal-discipline
Key Terms:
ERISA DueProcess FirstAmendment Securities JusticiabilityDoctri ClassAction
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Third Circuit Court of Appeals can impose reciprocal discipline on an attorney based on a Pennsylvania Supreme Court suspension without due process protections

Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether petitioner sustained his burden prohib iting United States Court of Appeals for Third Circuit exercising original jurisdiction from imposing reciprocal discipline suspending petitioner from practice of law in that court for five years effective 10/21/2025 based on Pennsylvania Supreme Court ’s imposition of discipline suspending petitioner from practice of law for five years effective 12/19/2019 involving entirely truthful administrative and judicial state removal proceedings based entirely on administrative Workers ’ Compensation judges admitted ex parte communi cations and proceedings fifteen years after petitioner ’s purported state ethical violations without notice and hearing blatantly violating all Selling infirmities involving due process, proof, grave injustice and petitioner ’s constitutional rights under First, Fifth, Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment.

Docket Entries

2026-01-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 6, 2026)

Attorneys

Robert J. Murphy
Robert J. Murphy — Petitioner
Robert J. Murphy — Petitioner