bar-admission

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-1013 In Re Louis B. Antonacci 2025-03-21 Dismissed Response Waived bar-admission civil-procedure due-process judicial-review racketeering subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the Fourth Circuit must exercise jurisdiction and rule on Antonacci's appeals involving RICO claims and procedural challenges
24-6183 Robert M. Joost v. Massachusetts Board of Bar Examiners Massachusetts 2024-12-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP bar-admission constitutional-rights legal-education legal-practice occupational-freedom professional-qualification Whether the Massachusetts bar's educational requirements violate a legal practitioner's constitutional rights by preventing admission based on extensi…
24A381 Kirk E. Knopp v. CSX Transportation Inc. Sixth Circuit 2024-10-22 Presumed Complete bar-admission certiorari judicial-discretion pro-se-litigation supreme-court-procedure time-extension Whether a pro se litigant can obtain an extension of time to file a Supreme Court petition based on counsel's pending bar admission challenges
23-6922 Benjamin Kohn v. State Bar of California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-03-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law arms-of-the-state bar-admission civil-rights eleventh-amendment en-banc judicial-review ninth-circuit pro-bono-counsel sovereign-immunity state-university Whether sovereign immunity under the Eleventh Amendment extends to a state university
23-790 Matthew Flinders v. State Bar of California California 2024-01-23 Denied Response Waived 11th-amendment age-discrimination bar-admission due-process eleventh-amendment equal-protection privileges-and-immunities sovereign-immunity state-sovereign-immunity Whether the State Supreme Court and State Bar's denial of admission based on age violated Petitioner's rights to due process, equal protection, and hi…
22-1162 Frank Lawrence, Jr. v. United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan Sixth Circuit 2023-05-31 Denied abuse-of-discretion bar-admission due-process free-speech independent-review speech-related-activities standard-of-review unconstitutional-conditions What standard of review should be employed by Courts of Appeals when reviewing a federal district court's decision to deny an attorney's application f…
22-173 Roger Swartz v. Board of Trustees of University of Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2022-08-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 14th-amendment-rights bar-admission child-representation-rights civil-rights due-process experiential-legal-learning legal-education non-traditional-legal-representation standing state-action state-actor-interference tort-case-representation When one learns the practice of law limited through experiential learning because they have been deprived of their 14th-Amendment-rights and many othe…
21-355 In Re Larry Klayman 2021-09-07 Denied bar-admission bar-discipline client-interests constitutional-rights counsel-of-choice disciplinary-proceeding due-process legal-ethics presumption-of-innocence right-to-counsel Did the Eleventh Circuit err in denying admission pending a disciplinary proceeding, presuming guilt and harming client interests?
21-283 In Re Roland N. Patterson 2021-08-27 Denied Response Waived attorney-discipline bar-admission civil-rights disciplinary-proceedings due-process equal-protection equal-protection-clause fourteenth-amendment procedural-due-process reinstatement separation-of-powers substantive-due-process Whether Petitioner suffered the violation of his Constitutional Rights to Procedural Due Process
21-5020 Michael Bernard Potere v. State Bar of California California 2021-07-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP bar-admission constitutional-rights disbarment due-process equal-protection federal-rights legal-procedure professional-conduct professional-discipline state-bar Whether the State Bar Court of California violated petitioner's constitutional and federal legal rights and erred in recommending disbarment
20-1423 Robert Grundstein v. Vermont Board of Bar Examiners Vermont 2021-04-09 Denied Response Waived bar-admission character-and-fitness civil-rights due-process equal-protection fundamental-rights separation-of-powers What levels of due process are required for bar admission?
20-6993 Clarence Jackson v. Office of the Mayor of the District of Columbia, et al. District of Columbia 2021-02-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-licensing bar-admission civil-rights due-process equal-protection legal-discrimination legal-profession racial-discrimination systemic-racism white-supremacy Does the background established in the petition allow for Caucasians holding 98% of power and wealth to engage in racism, fraud, and theft to maintain…
20-822 Solon Phillips v. Maryland Board of Law Examiners, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-12-17 Denied Response Waived bar-admission character-and-fitness character-fitness-test constitutional-vagueness due-process legal-standards moral-character opportunity-to-be-heard unexplained-delay vagueness Is the Maryland character fitness test unconstitutionally vague?
19-1469 Eric Hasbrouck v. State Bar of Nevada Nevada 2020-07-08 Denied abuse administrative-procedure bar-admission bar-exam due-process fraud judicial-review nevada-state-bar state-bar-practices Does Petitioner have the right to judicial review of the practices of the Nevada State Bar, regarding the administering and grading of the bar exam, a…
19-1356 Thomas Joseph Skelton v. Supreme Court of Illinois Illinois 2020-06-10 Denied Response Waived americans-with-disabilities-act bar-admission bar-certification disability-discrimination discrimination disparate-impact intentional-discrimination mental-health-status public-entities qualified-individual reasonable-accommodations Whether Respondents intentionally discriminated against or disproportionately impacted Petitioner by denying his certification and licensure to the Il…
19-1233 Robert Doyle v. Douglas Palmer, Clerk, United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York Second Circuit 2020-04-20 Denied bar-admission civil-rights delegation-of-power due-process federal-court federal-courts first-amendment free-speech freedom-of-association freedom-of-conscience judicial-branch judicial-delegation legislative-power standing Whether Congress may delegate power to the Judicial Branch to enact federal-court bar-admission requirements
19-7892 Frank Roark v. New York New York 2020-03-06 Denied IFP bar-admission civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process extraordinary-circumstances federal-rules judicial-procedure new-york-law standing Whether Frank Poorlh has standing and is the real party in interest in this matter
19-681 Andrew W. Shalaby v. United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Seventh Circuit 2019-11-26 Denied attorney-discipline bar-admission civil-procedure civil-rights disbarment due-process free-speech judicial-disqualification judicial-ethics judicial-recusal professional-conduct recusal standing Whether a Federal Court can deny an attorney admission to the bar for allegedly impugning the integrity of a judge in violation of ABA Model Rule 8.2(…
19-544 In Re Todd C. Bank 2019-10-25 Denied affidavit affidavit-requirement article-iii-court bar-admission civil-procedure civil-procedure-28-usc-1746 due-process federal-courts legal-procedure standing statutory-interpretation unsworn-declaration Whether an applicant to the bar of an Article III court may, under 28 U.S.C. Section 1746, submit an unsworn declaration where such court requires tha…
19-115 Frank J. Lawrence, Jr. v. United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan Sixth Circuit 2019-07-24 Denied Response Waived Abuse-of-discretion Admission-to-practice bar-admission constitutional-rights Criticism-of-officials due-process expressive-activities First-Amendment free-speech judicial-discretion judicial-review law-practice-admission sixth-circuit standing uniformity-of-decisions Whether the Sixth Circuit's decision conflicts with its own recent declaration that the petitioner is 'duly qualified' to practice law, and whether th…