In Re Roland N. Patterson

A) Whether Petitioner suffered the violation of his Constitutional Rights to Procedural Due Process when he was denied Reinstatement in 2012, without a Hearing; B) Whether Respondents should be prohibited from considering certain insolvency matters and other personal circumstances of Petitioner in the context of his 2021 Petition For Reinstatement To The Maryland Bar; The subject matters include late tax-return filings; a federal tax lien; and, a demand to receive the names of persons who contributed to the payment of prerequisite (fines) to The Maryland Client Protection Fund (CPF;) C) Whether Respondents should be prohibited from considering The Multiple Sclerosis (M.S.) Diagnosis and related medical records of the applicant regarding The 2021 Petition For Reinstatement; D) Whether Respondents should be Ordered to forthwith complete their assessment of whether Petitioner practiced law in three instances during his suspension, so as to potentially render him unfit to be Reinstated To The Maryland Attorney’s Bar. The three instances include one where Respondent alleges that Petitioner appeared improperly in the case of State of Maryland v. Brian Keith Dawson, infra; another in State of Maryland v. Torian Underwood, infra; and, a broad matter where Respondent potentially alleges that Petitioner practiced law by way of his chairmanship of The Legal Redress Committee of The NAACP, Baltimore County Branch. E) Whether Respondents are violating The Procedural Due Process Clause of The Fourteenth Amendment to The U.S. Constitution by way of a letter it served on Petitioner May 28th, 2021; F) Whether Respondents are violating Petitioner’s Substantive Due Process Rights as guaranteed by The 14th Amendment by considering the prohibited matters described in Item E, above; and, by obtaining and granting two 60-day postponements during consideration of The 2021 Petition For Reinstatement; and,