professional-ethics

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-5541 Mark A. Hartle v. New York New York 2023-09-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP conflict-of-interest criminal-defense due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-inquiry professional-ethics professional-responsibility prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-counsel trial-strategy Is a criminal defendant denied their right to effective assistance of counsel when there are indications, of which the defendant was unaware, that tri…
21-8148 Frank H. Bynes Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-06-15 GVR IFP controlled-substances criminal-law due-process medical-practice prescription-drugs professional-ethics Whether a physician alleged to have prescribed controlled substances outside the usual course of professional practice can be convicted of unlawful di…
21-1530 Martine Bernard v. Christopher Hodyl Colorado 2022-06-06 Denied article-iii-standing civil-rights court-ordered-therapy due-process fourteenth-amendment personal-autonomy privilege professional-ethics standing therapist-privilege therapy-requirement Whether the federally and state recognized privilege in Jaffee v. Redmond and personal autonomy under the Fourteenth Amendment preclude a state distri…
21-5086 Frank Craig Purpera, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-07-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-intent criminal-law good-faith jury-instructions lawful-practice medical-malpractice medical-practice professional-ethics professional-standard subjective-intent subjective-standard Whether a physician alleged to have acted outside the 'lawful course of professional practice' is entitled to a good faith instruction defining good f…
20-225 John R. Muenster v. Disciplinary Board of the Washington State Bar Association Washington 2020-08-27 Denied Response Waived bar-association-resignation civil-rights compelled-speech constitutional-rights due-process free-speech lawyer-conduct professional-ethics standing state-bar-rules takings Whether petitioner has the right to permanently quit the state bar association without first obtaining the association's permission
19-7065 Carrie A. Braspenick v. Johnson Law PLC Michigan 2019-12-26 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP attorney-client-relationship civil-procedure contract contract-law court-judgment judgment legal-ethics legal-representation order professional-ethics statute-of-limitations termination Can an attorney terminate the attorney-client relationship prior to the Circuit Court issuing a JUDGMENT/Order in the client's case?
19-6270 Darren Paul Odell v. Minnesota Minnesota 2019-10-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process expert-witness ineffective-assistance-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel interests-of-justice mental-illness newly-discovered-evidence post-conviction-relief professional-ethics prosecutorial-misconduct standing time-bar-exception Whether the Minnesota courts erred in denying Mr. Odell's post-conviction relief petition based on damaging letters from the state's expert witness, v…
18-822 Steven G. Cohen v. Grievance Administrator, Attorney Grievance Commission of Michigan Michigan 2018-12-28 Denied Response Waived attorney-discipline civil-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech free-speech-petition judicial-corruption judicial-misconduct petition petition-clause professional-ethics professional-misconduct rosa-parks-estate Whether the arbitrary, contradictory and fact-free proceedings conducted by the Michigan Attorney Discipline Board violated Petitioner's rights under …
18-5209 Michael Barrett v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-07-11 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeal appellate-procedure attorney-client-relationship conflict-of-interest constructive-denial-of-counsel impermissible-risk ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion professional-ethics professional-responsibility right-to-counsel standard-of-review Does it create a conflict of interest for a lawyer to have to argue on appeal that the trial court should have replaced him? Can this create an imperm…