Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Hine

Respondent moved to stay disciplinary proceedings in Ohio because she filed a Petition for Writ of Certiorari in the Supreme Court of the United States asserting First Amendment rights. However, under Gov.Bar R. V(11)(F)(3), the only ground for a stay of reciprocal discipline proceedings in Ohio is a showing that the sanction has been stayed in the disciplining state. Not only did respondent fail to present evidence that the disciplinary proceedings in Oklahoma have been stayed, but her petition for a writ of certiorari was denied by the United States Supreme Court on October 6, 1997.…