No. 24-5675

Lenore Albert v. Roxanne Gonzalez, et al.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-10-01
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: attorney-suspension district-court legal-practice local-rules rules-enabling-act state-bar
Latest Conference: 2024-11-22
Question Presented (from Petition)

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.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

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

Docket Entries

2024-11-25
Petition DENIED.
2024-11-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/22/2024.
2024-10-28
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2024-09-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 31, 2024)

Attorneys

Lenore Albert
Lenore AlbertLenore Albert, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent