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Leon R. Koziol v. Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department

Paid petition · Appellate Division, Supreme Court of New York, Third Judicial Department, No. D-54-17 · judgment April 13, 2017

Certiorari denied · March 5, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

Does the First Amendment protect a judicial whistleblower from state retributions upon his law licenses and parent-child relationships? Can Fourteenth Amendment rights of due process and equal protection be set aside in attorney regulatory proceedings to achieve retaliation for public speech critical of divorce and family courts? Is petitioner entitled to have all attorney disciplinary and license reinstatement proceedings opened to the public as a matter of practice or request at any time? -I-

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Leon R. Koziol

For respondent
Monica Ann Duffy
Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicia

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Mar 05 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Feb 14 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/2/2018.
  3. Feb 05 2018
    Waiver of right of respondent Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department to respond filed.
  4. Jan 09 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 16, 2018)