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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 Clerk of the Circuit Court for the Fourth Circuit must refer Petitioner Louis B. Antonacci's case, which was fully briefed on September 9,…
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, under the particular facts of this case, the Respondents and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have violated Petitioner's constitutional rig…
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 Question not identified.
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 Question not identified.
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 (1) Whether the State Supreme Court and State Bar's denial of admission based on age violated Petitioner's rights to due process, equal protection, an…
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 The Sixth Circuit determined in this case that although "the Supreme Court has not formally announced the proper standard of review for bar-admission …
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 1. When one learns the practice of law limited through experiential learning because they have been deprived of their 14th Amendment Rights and many o…
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 1. Did the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ("Eleventh Circuit") err by denying Larry Klayman, Esq. ("Mr. Klayman") admission pending th…
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 A) Whether Petitioner suffered the violation of his Constitutional Rights to Procedural Due Process when he was denied Reinstatement in 2012, without …
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? Can A State Impose a Five Year Maximum Between Date Applicant Graduates from Law School an…
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 1. Does the background that is established in the recently filed Petition for Writ Certiorari in this court at case number 20-5544 the 98 plus percent…
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 (1) Is the Maryland character fitness test unconstitutionally vague because it leaves the triers of fact free to decide, without any legally fixed sta…
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 Under the Americans with Disabilities Act, discrimination by public entities in all programs, activities, and services against qualified individuals w…
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 1. Whether Congress may delegate, to the Judicial Branch, the power to enact federal-court bar admission requirements that Congress lacks the power to…
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 1. Is Frank Roorith the BAR part and whlly in and of His other in and of Anger 2 YES 2. Is Fronk Roor the BABin pert and undly iy ond K Ys matter in …
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 1. Can a Federal Court deny an attorney admission to the bar of the court, as a punishment for the alleged violation of ABA Model Rule of Professional…
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 28 U.S.C. Section 1746 states that, "[w]herever, under any law of the United States or under any rule, regulation, order, or requirement made pursuant…
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 Within a four month span, Petitioner filed applications for admission to the bars of eight federal courts, including the United States Court of Appeal…