state-bar-discipline

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24A93 Elana Thibault v. State Bar of California California 2024-07-25 Presumed Complete attorney-suspension due-process legal-practice probation-conditions professional-misconduct state-bar-discipline Question not identified.
24-36 Spencer Freeman Smith v. State Bar of California California 2024-07-15 Denied Response Waived attorney-suspension civil-rights constitutional-rights cross-examination due-process ex-parte-statements hearing-delay notice state-bar-discipline whistleblower Whether it is unconstitutional under the Due Process Clause for the State Bar of California to place an attorney on suspension without a hearing for f…
21-536 Christopher Chestnut v. Charles Canady, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-10-12 Denied Response Waived anti-injunction-statute civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction protected-class state-bar-discipline younger-abstention 1. Whether the district court may abstain from exercising its jurisdiction to enjoin an ongoing state bar disciplinary proceeding, pursuant to the You…
20-6081 Lenore L. Albert-Sheridan v. State Bar of California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-10-20 Denied IFP 11-usc-523 bankruptcy-discharge court-costs due-process equal-protection license-suspension professional-licensing state-bar-discipline statutory-interpretation Whether 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(7) bars a debtor from obtaining a discharge of State Bar disciplinary costs under Chapter 7. Whether the equal protection c…