Gilbert v. North Carolina State Bar

*72EDMUNDS, Justice.

In this case, plaintiff Willie Gilbert, a licensed attorney, alleges that defendant North Carolina State Bar acted vindictively when it filed sequential actions against him. The questions before this Court are whether plaintiff’s complaint properly presents a claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for deprivation of his right to due process under the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States and whether the trial court’s permanent injunction of defendant’s administrative action was proper. As to the first question, we conclude that plaintiff failed to state a § 1983…