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 May a Physician Alledged to have Prescribed controlled substances outside the Usual Course of Professional Practice be convicted of Unlawful distribut…
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 psychotherapist-patient privilege in Jaffee v. Redmond and personal autonomy under the Fourteenth Amendment…
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 In 2018, after 44 years of law practice, petitioner permanently cancelled and terminated his membership in the Washington state bar. In 2020, the stat…
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 1. Can an attorney terminate the attorney-client relationship prior to the Circuit Court issuing a JUDGMENT/Order in the client's case? 2. Did the lo…
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 (1)Article from Summer 2016 issue in Cure-Sort News Vol. 25, Issue 3 under heading, Letters From Across the Nation, which are damaging. Info found at …
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…