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Mitzi Elaine Dailey v. Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland

Paid petition · Court of Appeals of Maryland, No. Misc. No. 38, September Term, 2019 · judgment July 27, 2020


Certiorari denied · January 11, 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

Should the Maryland Court of Appeals, acting by and through its Attorney Grievance Commission, have granted Petitioner’s request for a hearing on her Petition for Writ of Mandamus, to present her constitutional due process and equal protection challenges, including: (1) the complainant in this attorney disciplinary case admitted that he had no evidence to support his allegations; (2) confidential information of the investigation was improperly disclosed to an unrelated pro bono client; allowing that client to file a complaint; (3) the assigned trial judge for the disciplinary case, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge, the Honorable Jeffery M. Geller, had been the trial Judge for another unrelated pro bono client of this Petitioner and (4) permitted the participation of Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge, the Honorable Lawrence V. Fleteher-Hill, who is currently presiding and ruling in another unrelated pro bono client of this Petitioner? l.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Mitzi Elaine Dailey

For respondent
Michele Joan McDonald

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jan 11 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Dec 09 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
  3. Dec 03 2020
    Waiver of right of respondent Attorney Grievance Commission to respond filed.
  4. Oct 25 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 3, 2020)