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Jack Jordan v. Kansas Disciplinary Administrator
Paid petition · Supreme Court of Kansas, No. 124,956 · judgment October 21, 2022
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate: the model weighted this down for a self-represented petitioner.
Questions presented
A lawyer, in motions filed in federal court proceedings (requesting reconsideration of an order or disqualification of a judge) stated that one or more federal judges asserted knowing falsehoods (lies) and committed federal offenses (crimes) (in 18 U.S.C. 241, 242, 371, 1001, 1512(b), 1519).
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Whether, under the foregoing circumstances, a court may disbar such lawyer for such speech and petitioning (exposing and opposing the lies and crimes of judges) before the court identified clear and convincing evidence of each fact material to establishing that such speech and petitioning stated or implied a factual falsehood asserted with actual malice.
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Whether a court may disbar such lawyer for such speech and petitioning before the court identified clear and convincing evidence of each fact material to establishing that such speech and petitioning violated a rule of conduct.
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Whether Kansas Supreme Court Rule 220 empowers Kansas Supreme Court justices to knowingly violate provisions of Kansas statutes and the Kansas and U.S. Constitutions governing findings of fact, evidence, testimony, testimonial privileges and proof.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Jack Revels Tucker Jordan
Jack Jordan
For respondent
Gayle B. Larkin
Case
Subject area
Attorneys (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Order
Order list, February 27, 2023 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Feb 27 2023Petition DENIED.
- Feb 16 2023Supplemental brief of petitioner Jack Jordan filed. (Distributed)
- Feb 08 2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/24/2023.
- Jan 27 2023Waiver of right of respondent Kansas Disciplinary Administrator to respond filed.
- Jan 19 2023Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 23, 2023)