In Re Attorney Disciplinary Appeal

The Appellant, who was the plaintiff in a civil case in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, seeks to appeal, or obtain mandamus review of, a January 27, 2010 decision of that court’s Committee on Grievances declining to take disciplinary action against the Appellant’s former attorney, referred to here as Attorney l. 1 The challenged decision took the form of a letter to the Appellant, simply informing him that the Committee was “of the view that no disciplinary action is warranted.”

The Appellant’s papers in this Court further allege that an Assistant U.S.…