Legal Opinion
Barkovic v. Attorney Grievance Comm'n
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided December 22, 2017No. Case Number 17–10281PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAVID M. LAWSON, United States District Judge
OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS' MOTIONS TO DISMISS AND DISMISSING AMENDED COMPLAINT
Plaintiff Timothy Barkovic was a Michigan attorney from 1979 until he surrendered his law license on December 1, 2015. Barkovic apparently had several brushes over the years with Michigan's attorney discipline system. He contends that his resignation (which apparently was the culmination of his latest disciplinary prosecution) was the product of a flawed state bar rule that unconstitutionally restricted speech, coupled with conspiratorial actions by some of…
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