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
Latest Conference: N/A
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.

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

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