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Robert J. Murphy v. Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, No. 20-8004 · judgment October 21, 2025


Certiorari denied · April 6, 2026
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

Whether petitioner sustained his burden prohib­ iting United States Court of Appeals for Third Circuit exercising original jurisdiction from imposing reciprocal discipline suspending petitioner from practice of law in that court for five years effective 10/21/2025 based on Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s imposition of discipline suspending petitioner from practice of law for five years effective 12/19/2019 involving entirely truthful administrative and judicial state removal proceedings based entirely on administrative Workers’ Compensation judges admitted ex parte communi­ cations and proceedings fifteen years after petitioner’s purported state ethical violations without notice and hearing blatantly violating all Selling infirmities involving due process, proof, grave injustice and petitioner’s constitutional rights under First, Fifth, Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Robert J. Murphy

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Proceedings

  1. Jun 22 2026
    Rehearing DENIED.
  2. Jun 02 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/18/2026.
  3. May 01 2026
  4. Apr 06 2026
    Petition DENIED.
  5. Mar 17 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/2/2026.
  6. Jan 20 2026
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 6, 2026)