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Gary Victor Dubin v. Office of Disciplinary Counsel

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Hawaii, No. SCAD-19-0000561 · judgment September 9, 2020


Certiorari denied · April 5, 2021
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

Is it a violation of (1) Equal Protection, (2) Due Process and/or (3) Freedom of Speech for a State Supreme Court especially where exceeding its express powers as set forth in its own State Constitution - to discriminate against attorneys and especially attorneys in its State advocating unpopular causes, through claimed inherent rule' making authority, as promulgated and/or as applied, by denying licensed attorneys the same fundamental procedural and evidentiary rights to a fair and impartial hearing, and to appellate review, in defending against license revocation, BS are otherwise constitutional rights provided by its State Constitution through its State Legislature to all other professionals, including physicians, and all other occupations in its State?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Gary Victor Dubin
Dubin Law Offices

For respondent
Kimberly Tsumoto Guidry
Department of the Attorney General, State of HI

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Amicus briefs
1 cert-stage

Linked docket
20A79

Proceedings

  1. Apr 05 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Mar 23 2021
    Brief amicus curiae of Gary Victor Dubin submitted.
  3. Mar 16 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/1/2021.
  4. Mar 11 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent Office of Disciplinary Counsel to respond filed.
  5. Feb 25 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 8, 2021)
  6. Dec 07 2020
    Application (20A79) denied by the Court.
  7. Nov 10 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/4/2020.
  8. Nov 10 2020
    Application (20A79) referred to the Court.
  9. Nov 03 2020
    Application (20A79) refiled and submitted to Justice Thomas.
  10. Nov 02 2020
    Application (20A79) denied by Justice Kagan.
  11. Oct 30 2020